HEALTH MATTERS 63 south // News ST FINBARR’S WINS BRONZE
ST FInBARR'S HoSPITAl, Cork, has been awarded a bronze certificate for participating in a Healthy Ageing Initiative in Residential Care (HAIRC). The HAIRC is supported by the National Council on Ageing and older People (nCAoP) and initiated by the Irish Health Promoting Hospitals Network (HPHn). The awards promote the well-being of older people in residential care settings, with three core values: striving towards person-centred care; creating a positive working environment for staff and creating a family-friendly environment. The results of the HAIRC informed the development of a St Finbarr’s Health Promotion
Policy, while the benefits of participation include the promotion of well-being of older adults in long-term care, high-quality residential care for older people in accordance with HIQA standards and increased awareness among staff. If you would like to register your interest in this initiative, you can contact: HAIRC
Co-ordinator, Irish Health Promoting Hospitals Network, c/o Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, dublin 15 or Tel: (01) 646 5077, Email:
info@ihph.ie.
PRESIdEnT vISITS SkIBBEREEn ARTS FoR HEAlTH PRojECT
PRESIDENT MARY MCALEESE visited the Arts for Health project in Skibbereen Community Hospital, Co Cork, in April. The Arts for Health project involves a team of artists regularly working in six west Cork hospitals, co-ordinated by the West Cork Arts Centre, and steered by a partnership which includes representatives from the west Cork community hospitals, West Cork Arts Centre, Cork County Council, west Cork day care centres and west Cork adult education services. Ann Davoren, Director West Cork Arts Centre, said, “The overall aim of the
Arts for Health programme is to embed an appropriate arts programme into the culture and practice of all long-stay units and day-care settings as a core activity.” A new strand of the programme was implemented in April in five west Cork day care centres. West Cork Arts for Health Partnership sees it as an opportunity for strategic development. Arts for Health endeavours to include all older people attending day care, with specific attention paid to developing ways of including participants suffering from dementia and related illnesses, creating opportunities for wider community connections.
+ President Mary McAleese meets hospital resident, jerry Sheehan, a participant in the Arts for Health project at Skibbereen Community Hospital.
+ Leukemia patients Carrie Anne Creamer from Castlemartyr and Molly Kennedy Trainor from Carrigaline with their tutor Mary Ahern at the Mercy University Hospital.
+ (l-R): Anne Corcoran (Practice development Facilitator SFH), mary j Foley (AnP Candidate), Catherine Buckley (Practice development Facilitator SFH) and Ann o’Riordan (director of Irish HPH network).
CHILDREN’S LEUKAEMIA ASSOCIATION LAUNCH TUTOR SERVICE
A UNIQUE HOME and hospital tutor service for children with leukaemia, cancer and other serious blood disorders has been launched by the Children’s Leukaemia Association at Mercy University Hospital, Cork on a part-time basis. The first of its kind in the country, the service provides children being treated for leukaemia, cancer and other blood disorders with tutor services in hospital and at home. The new service is funded by donations and fundraising initiatives carried out by the public.
Dr Michael Madden, Consultant Haematologist at Mercy University Hospital, welcomed the appointment of tutor Mary Ahern. “School is a normal activity for children and hospitalisation interrupts their education. Each student has an individual education plan, setting out his/her priority needs and the educational and inter- disciplinary plan for meeting those needs. Children have an opportunity to be creative and productive, while maintaining a sense of identity and hope. Our tutor, Mary Ahern, is a highly experienced teacher, with a broad range of skills and knowledge,” said Dr Madden.
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