Committee Plans Recreation

Committee Plans Recreation

Abstract

have used for con-Committee PlansRecreationBy Sandy MEN’Sbeen onlysome fourdestructive. abolishedMechanical and seclusionrestraints is now in seclusion are todayF. Mannino,Hospital,R.N.,B.S.A LOCAL NEWSPAPERa temporarywere years;measure.kept several( Formerly volunteerwho were A numon con-patients or five“goodpatients.”) Patientsfor ward chores, formerly inactive ber of patientsincluding many and withdrawn. have been releasedsigned by a hospital volunteer at Dayton (Ohio) State Hospital, appeals for more volunteers to join the Men’s Guild, which sponsorsRecreation has always been an invaluable aid in creating an environment for the mental patient which will enable him to establish rapport with the medical and nursing personneL At the same time it helpsin to his ultimate him new rehabilitation interests which by introducing he may carrybe releasedfuture.discharge. For more than a year now, 10 Guild members have visited 40 patients in the recreation hall, to chat about sports, current events, hobbies and anything else whichinto his future A recreationfill theselife. programto fatbeI.I”(4’IO.T. IDEAJiir.Ikr.iup.is timerefresha memberentertainment.a broad base. tions may have difficulty adequate program becausecial or physical facilities.in Larger providingof lackof finan-“AllUNUSED X-RAY FILM PLATES which cannot be utilized clinically because of exposure to light, or other defects, provide a plastic-type material for small handcraft projects. At the Polk (Pa.) State School the