ELFT Older Adults OT Mental Health - Beds & Luton

Welcome to the Older Adults Mental Health OT team in Bedfordshire and Luton. Supporting individuals within the community and in inpatient wards.

[ELFT Older Adults OT Mental Health - Beds & Luton @elftOT_OA]

Lots of fun was had at the Older Adult OT team away day today - we all painted individual canvases to contribute to ‘The big picture’. A lovely mindful activity! #teamwork #creativity #meaningful #occupation @ElftOt

[ELFT Older Adults OT Mental Health - Beds & Luton @elftOT_OA]

Did you know… Arts & crafts can help improve mood, boost cognitive function, and reduce anxiety. Our Friday session on Poplars ward was a beautiful blend of creativity and connection! #HappyFriday

[ELFT Older Adults OT Mental Health - Beds & Luton @elftOT_OA]

🦉Our ward welcomed a special feathered visitor today- a beautiful barn owl Brenda- as part of pet therapy!

Pet therapy brings incredible benefits:
🌟 Reduces anxiety
🌟 Boosts mood
🌟 Sparks curiosity & connection

A moment of calm and joy for everyone.

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🎃👻 Happy Halloween! Today, we celebrated with some frightfully delicious baking and decorating. Our spooky treats turned out amazing! 🍪 🕸️ Wishing everyone a safe & fun-filled Halloween!

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👻 2 days to go! Our ward got a spooky trivia surprise from our OT student, while our sister ward crafted autumn wreaths. Want to test your Halloween knowledge? 🎃🍂

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🎃 👻 The Halloween countdown is on! Just 3 days to go, and our talented service users have been brewing up some spook-tacular art! 🎨🕸️ Get ready to see their hauntingly good pumpkin masterpieces. #HalloweenCountdown #OTcreativity

[ELFT Older Adults OT Mental Health - Beds & Luton @elftOT_OA]

On Friday, we wrapped up another amazing team away day!🎉 It was refreshing to step out, connect, and brainstorm new ways to support our incredible service users and further develop our service🤝Highlights included team building exercises and a fun macramé session🙌

[ELFT Older Adults OT Mental Health - Beds & Luton @elftOT_OA]

A throwback to Christmas at Poplars, our OT and Sports Therapist organised a friends and family party - with music, dancing and food! Great for everyone’s physical and mental wellbeing 🎅🏻

[ELFT Older Adults OT Mental Health - Beds & Luton @elftOT_OA]

Welcome back from maternity leave to our lovely OT assistant Sarah! You have been missed but are quickly getting back in to the swing on things on Fountains Court! 😊

[ELFT Older Adults OT Mental Health - Beds & Luton @elftOT_OA]

Today at Fountains Court all patients, visitors & staff were invited to a music social. A great way to review, assess, sing, dance and get to know each other! Great afternoon 🥳

[ELFT Older Adults OT Mental Health - Beds & Luton @elftOT_OA]

Today at Fountains Court we have been practicing mindfulness through colouring as a way of reflecting on 2023 and setting goals for 2024, prioritising enjoyable activities and adapting to changes in physical health to maintain independence 😊🖍️💚 @ElftOt

[ELFT Older Adults OT Mental Health - Beds & Luton @elftOT_OA]

A busy day for some of our OT’s and OT Tech’s today attending and presenting at the Older Adults Pathway Induction day. Great to learn about how all the different services work in partnership! What a great MDT we have 😊

[ELFT Older Adults OT Mental Health - Beds & Luton @elftOT_OA]

Today the Older Adults OT team enjoyed a festive lunch after our business meeting 🎅🏻 nice to have new staff and staff from maternity leave join us! @ElftOt

[ELFT Older Adults OT Mental Health - Beds & Luton @elftOT_OA]

The OT’s got creative at the Older People’s Away Day and end of year celebrations today. A great day team building with the wider multidisciplinary team 🎅🏻🧑🏻‍🎄❤️

[ELFT Older Adults OT Mental Health - Beds & Luton @elftOT_OA]

We have a new vacancy to join our lovely team at Fountains Court, please see link for the details and how to apply 😊 https://t.co/XcfnDUv089

[ELFT Older Adults OT Mental Health - Beds & Luton @elftOT_OA]

It's been a busy week in the Older Adults CMHT! Fridays are for .. craft groups and finishing reports! Helping people to participate in and find out about meaningful occupations and the impact they have on our well-being 🏊‍♀️🎲🖌️☕️🌿 #OTWeek23

[ELFT Older Adults OT Mental Health - Beds & Luton @elftOT_OA]

Our team at Fountains Court spent time yesterday promoting engagement in meaningful occupations during a baking group😊🧁#OTWeek23

[ELFT Older Adults OT Mental Health - Beds & Luton @elftOT_OA]

It's #OTWeek23 and we will be busy as usual supporting our service users to live their best lives by enabling them to participate in the occupations that they want and have to do in order to maintain their mental and physical well-being 😀

[ELFT Older Adults OT Mental Health - Beds & Luton @elftOT_OA]

Happy World Occupational Therapy Day to all the wonderful ELFT OTs!

[ELFT Older Adults OT Mental Health - Beds & Luton @elftOT_OA]

Mental Health is a universal human right #WorldMentalHealthDay2023

[ELFT Older Adults OT Mental Health - Beds & Luton @elftOT_OA]

We spent the second half of our away day reflecting on the service and considering how to improve the services we deliver before the grand reveal of our artwork!