{"id":8844,"date":"2021-12-16T15:39:05","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T05:39:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/?p=3861"},"modified":"2021-12-16T15:39:05","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T05:39:05","slug":"activity-trolley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/newsletters\/news-at-the-royal\/activity-trolley","title":{"rendered":"New RBWH Foundation activity trolley helping to keep patients entertained"},"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_3865\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3865\" class=\"wp-image-3865 size-fusion-400 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/12\/rbwh-foundation-trolley-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"New RBWH Foundation activity trolley helping to keep patients entertained\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 400px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 400\/267;\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3865\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The RBWH Foundation patient entrainment trolley crew in action<\/p><\/div>\n<h4>RBWH Foundation volunteers have implemented a new activity trolley to help entertain inpatients while they receive care in hospital.<\/h4>\n<p>Stocked full of donated books, magazines, puzzles, sudokus, colouring-in sheets and DVDs for portable players, the activity trolley is fast becoming a much-anticipated arrival each week in the wards.<\/p>\n<p>Volunteer Engagement Manager for the RBWH Foundation, Damita Oldmeadow says the trolley has not only been beneficial for patients but for volunteers and staff as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur volunteers, especially our medical and nursing students absolutely love these opportunities to be in the wards and cherish the patient interactions they get to have,\u201d Damita said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTeams of two volunteers travel to eleven different patient areas with the trolley three times a week from 9am \u2013 1pm, delivering the donated activities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe also have the capacity to run errands for people if there\u2019s a magazine or newspaper from the newsagent they\u2019d really love, or even a fresh cup of coffee from the coffee cart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Before being launched in October this year, the activity trolley was trialled over an eight-week period and received overwhelming support and feedback from ward managers who recognised that not every patient is interested in or can use digital devices.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor some of our patients, technology just isn\u2019t their preferred choice of entertainment and they would much rather a chat, a book, some puzzles or colouring in sheets which we now provide through the activity trolley,\u201d Damita said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring the trial, we noticed that a lot of our patients struggled with small-font writing and so I created a large-font activity book full of brain teasers and puzzles, to make sure there was an option for everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019d like to make any book or magazine donations to the activity trolley, or would like to see an activity trolley in your patient area<u>,<\/u> please email <a href=\"mailto:d.oldmeadow@rbwhfoundation.com.au\">d.oldmeadow@rbwhfoundation.com.au<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RBWH Foundation volunteers have implemented a new activity trolley to help entertain inpatients while they receive care in hospital.   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":3865,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[176],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-at-the-royal"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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