Wednesday 29 June 2016

Library Training on ESR

Too busy to leave the ward? Can’t face the parking? Now you can access library training via ESR without having to come to the library. Log in to ESR go to “e-learning” and search for “Library” and select “365 Library e-learning for Worcestershire Acute” until you have an outline option- open the + sign and then chose  from the 5 modules:

  • 365 Library 01 Athens Password
  • 365 Library 02 Developing a Search
  • 365 Library 03 Resources 
  • 365 Library 04 Critical Appraisal 
  • 365 Library 05 Current Awareness

All are easy to use and have a quiz.  Any queries or prefer group or 1:1 training then please contact David.Chamberlain2@nhs.net 01527 505773

Wednesday 15 June 2016

Bibliotherapy



Bibliotherapy – set up and facilitated by Worcestershire health Libraries on two psychiatric wards

Bibliotherapy is the use of fiction and poetry to support and increase positive outcomes for people with mental health and wellbeing issues.  

Benefits include:

• alleviate symptoms of depression and anxiety

• increase self-esteem and  improve social skills and concentration

David Chamberlain  (Lead Librarian, Service Development) set up a reading group with Psychiatric Nursing and Occupational Therapy support on two Older Adult Psychiatric Wards. Both ran for 10 weeks, with themed topics and there were over 80 participants. It was so successful the same model was run on a different hospital site and the group is planned to run yearly.

Comments from patients include:

“Re-kindled my passion for reading”

“We’re all in this together – reading and analysing the poetry”

“Did her the world of good – normally she doesn’t say anything, she opened right up after the war poems in the evening and had us all enthralled for 2 hours”

“Reading to Patients” initiative started at the Alexandra Hospital, Redditch

Reading to patients has been set up as a service between the Chaplaincy service at the Alexandra Hospital and Worcestershire Health Libraries. It consists of trained volunteers going on to the ward and, with the agreement of the patients, reading aloud to them. The content is completely decided by the patient.

Storytelling is at the heart of the initiative. This is sometimes known as bibliotherapy, which has many benefits including:

helping to improve communication and make a connection with patients

encouraging reminiscence in people with dementia

David Chamberlain  (Lead Librarian, Service Development) worked with the Chaplain and ten volunteers in setting up, training and supporting volunteers. 



Picture: Helen Birkenshaw, one of the Chaplaincy volunteers reading to a patient.

To find our more contact:

David Chamberlain Librarian: 01527 505773, David.Chamberlain2@nhs.net

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