Popular Care

Residents at Peterlee Care Home are set to be silver surfers after the home’s activities coordinator secured £7,000 worth of interactive equipment.

Laura Laidler-Jones recently undertook a Reminiscence Interactive Therapy Activities (RITA) course through Durham County Council. She was asked to explain how RITA would benefit residents at Peterlee care home, detailing how it would benefit both dementia patients and residents with a learning disability, particularly at night if residents are unable to sleep.

Laura was one of only 12 participants who were successful and the home is to receive a 24” interactive tablet and a 10” tablet.

RITA is an all-in-one touch screen solution which offers digital reminiscence therapy, a relatively new tool in the fields of nursing and healthcare. RITA is aimed at offering support for older people, people with mental health issues, learning difficulties and brain injuries as a means of supporting them and reducing their agitation, isolation, depression and delirium.

• It has been proven to have significant benefits for care homes including a reduction in falls, reduction in hospital admissions, reduction in anti-psychotic & sleep medication, supporting dignity, respect and wellbeing for residents at the end of life, improving the quality of patient-centred and continuity of care and improved interaction between carers and residents and relatives and residents.
• Steve Massey, operations manager at Popular Care said: “Laura has done a great job winning this fantastic equipment for the home.
• “All the evidence shows that it will have a very positive effect on the residents and support staff in their delivery of high quality care.
• “I can’t wait to see the tablets in action!”

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Notes to editors:

Popular Care is a care home provider established in 2006 with homes across the North East of England and Scotland. It operates four homes, caring for those in need of residential, nursing, respite and palliative care with additional experience in learning difficulties, and specialist illnesses such as Dementia and Alzheimer’s.

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