{"id":8750,"date":"2021-09-15T11:27:24","date_gmt":"2021-09-15T01:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/?p=2570"},"modified":"2022-10-28T12:40:37","modified_gmt":"2022-10-28T02:40:37","slug":"recreation-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/newsletters\/stars-gazer\/recreation-officer","title":{"rendered":"Recreation officer improves patient experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><div id=\"attachment_2556\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2556\" class=\"wp-image-2556 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/09\/recreation-officer-improves-patient-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Recreation officer improves patient experience \" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2556\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">STARS Recreation Officer Ana Monisse (R) and STARS patient Patricia (L)<\/p><\/div>\n<h4>STARS Recreation Officer Ana Monisse is an unsung hero of our Rehab Unit, working hard to improve patients\u2019 experiences that ultimately contribute to a better time in hospital.<\/h4>\n<p>Ana\u2019s role focuses on social engagement, encouraging and facilitating activities for rehab patients to lift their moods and find purpose whilst they\u2019re recovering.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPhysio can be tiresome and repetitive, and recovery can be frustrating if a patient doesn\u2019t feel like they are making progress,\u201d Ana said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoing something they like, such as knitting, gives them a sense of owning their time, owning what they like to do, and choosing something to do &#8211; not just being instructed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt can also improve their mood, making them more engaged with rehab activities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>STARS patient Patricia knows first-hand the benefits of Ana\u2019s support, which has enabled her knitting in rehab \u2013 something she has loved doing since she was four years old.<\/p>\n<p>Having made hundreds of beanies and winter woollies for homeless people, Patricia is now working on something for herself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t buy many clothes, but I saw this lovely black pair of pants I bought recently and they have an orange and green stripe down the side, so I\u2019m making this scarf to match, and a hat also,\u201d Patricia said.<\/p>\n<p>But the knitting is not just for herself, she has even made a little blanket for a staff member at STARS to give to their new baby.<\/p>\n<p>If you have a patient in 6A that needs some Recreation Officer support from someone like Ana, get in touch with the 6A ward reception staff on 67840.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>STARS Recreation Officer Ana Monisse is an unsung hero of our Rehab Unit, working hard to improve patients\u2019 experiences that ultimately contribute to a better time in hospital.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":2556,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stars-gazer"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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