An essential pack for staff and visitors for people with communication difficulties, a stay in hospital can be a difficult and upsetting time. These 40 photographic cards help the client, therapist and carers to discuss worries or issues, to communicate needs or wants and to aid familiarisation with the environment or procedures.
Key Features
- Photographic Cards: 40 cards designed to facilitate communication.
- Versatile Usage: Helps clients express worries, needs, and familiarity with procedures.
- Engagement Techniques: Involves gesturing, miming, and discussing activities related to the cards.
- Target Audience: Suitable for adults in hospital settings.
Additional Information
Show the client a group of cards. Ask them for a particular one. Gesture the use of an object or an activity and ask the client to choose the relevant card from a small group. Ask the client to mime or act the activity or object shown. Show the client a card and ask them the name of the object/activity shown. Develop communication skills further by talking about what is happening on the cards or the client's own experiences.
Includes:
- Personnel: nurse, physiotherapist, speech language therapist
- Medical Procedures: X-Ray, MRI/Cat scan, ECG, video fluoroscopy
- Equipment: thermometer, zimmer frame, commode, bedpan
- Paperwork: menu card, appointment card, medical notes
- Moving On: leaving hospital, the canteen, nursing home, an ambulance
Specifications
Age: Adults
