Finland
Organisation: TAYS Pitkäniemi Hospital
Programme name: Sport as a part of mental health rehabilitation
City: Tampere / Nokia
Sport / Physical activity: Physical activity counselling for patients. Different kind of group and individual sports (Gym, pilates, swimming, Nordic walking, cycling, badminton, floorball, frisbeegolf, etc.)
Programme information, aims and objectives: The aim of the sport rehabilitation and physical activity counselling for patients is to provide physical activity, awake enthusiasm for sports, learn new skills and make possible to experience satisfaction and pleasure by means of sports and physical activity. Instrument for sport rehabilitation among physical activity counselling is to organize diverse group sport events and to create possibilities and facilities to do spontaneous sports by one´s own. Sport rehabilitation is part of patients mental health care plan.
Participants: The sport activities are part of patient’s treatment at the hospital. Chief medical officer makes the decision if the patient can take part for physical activity counselling and sport activities. He/she also contacts the hospital physical education instructors and makes an agreement about patient`s attendance at sport activities.
Sessions: Hospital`s physical education instructors operate by premeditated weekly program. It consists of diverse guided group sport sessions. Individual guided sport sessions are also possible by Medical officer`s referral. Physical education instructors have also care education in addition of sports education.
All the sport activities are goal-directed and premeditated. The goals are made case-by-case with every patient: ( to be able to do at least some physical activity, go outside, to raise general physical condition, to motivate patient, to lose weight, to increase functionality, to strengthen patient`s life management, sport healing rehabilitation, to strengthen social skills, etc.).
Evaluation/Measurement of outcomes: The program results are evaluated in individual steering sessions with every patient by document objective and subjective observations in electric nursing records. From there the nursing staff can see the physical education instructors’ comments and observations. The aim is to accomplish the premeditated goals for every patient.
Contact person: Marianne Ihalainen
Email: marianne.Ihalainen@pshp.fi
Website: https://www.tays.fi/en-US/Operational_Units/Tays_Pitkaniemi_Hospital
