Projects to help increase mobility and activity in elderly patients
and to assist those living with dementia have received extra backing.
The Insurance Corporation Healthcare Bursary is awarded to the best projects designed to help the elderly in Guernsey.
The winners of the £2,000 top prize were Nancy Golland advanced physiotherapist, Judy Moore lecturer in healthcare studies and Olwen Bain-Brehaut ward sister at Le Marchant Ward, for their project: Activity Levels In The Elderly – A Pilot Study.
They will use the funds to implement the introduction of new measures that promote increased mobility and activity for elderly inpatients during admissions on Le Marchant Ward.
The runner-up prize of £1,000 was awarded to Susan Steer, an occupational therapist on the older adults mental health team.
Her project ‘To Develop An Assistive Technology Resource And Demonstrate Its Effectiveness In The Older Adults Community Mental Health Team’ aims to develop a resource pack of assistive technology (sensors etc) to use in helpingassess people living with dementia – both as a patient and carer.
The Insurance Corporation Healthcare Bursary is awarded to the best projects designed to help the elderly in Guernsey.
The winners of the £2,000 top prize were Nancy Golland advanced physiotherapist, Judy Moore lecturer in healthcare studies and Olwen Bain-Brehaut ward sister at Le Marchant Ward, for their project: Activity Levels In The Elderly – A Pilot Study.
They will use the funds to implement the introduction of new measures that promote increased mobility and activity for elderly inpatients during admissions on Le Marchant Ward.
The runner-up prize of £1,000 was awarded to Susan Steer, an occupational therapist on the older adults mental health team.
Her project ‘To Develop An Assistive Technology Resource And Demonstrate Its Effectiveness In The Older Adults Community Mental Health Team’ aims to develop a resource pack of assistive technology (sensors etc) to use in helpingassess people living with dementia – both as a patient and carer.
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