PlayMonday – First time in Casével was like this…
After we’ve been aware of this project (PlayMonday)
through an invitation from a nurse, Inês Banza, and because we thought it would
be an added value, we decided to join to this project. We asked for information
and after we gathered all the clarifications we needed, we proposed to start it
in a pre-scheduled date in February.
Since “Playing” is a way to soothe all that results
from the internment and that’s how we, as a team, interact with our clients in
our daily routine, and providing a different and unexpected moment turned into
a mission, which was a real challenge!
And since that group dynamics are included in our
activity plan, we planned this activity in a way that would surprise the
clients and that would be totally unexpected.
In this way, we considered that the snack time would
be the best moment to do our PlayMonday. Although there were only 3
professionals that would participate in this Play, after the disclosure of the
activity, most of the collaborators that were in service showed interest and
they participated in this Play. This Play wasn’t only for the clients but also
for everyone that collaborated in it.
When the clients were prepared to their snack time,
already sit around the table, one of our technicians appeared suddenly while
hitting two pan lids against each other, marking the beginning of the Play.
Simultaneously, people began to hear, loudly, the song “Happy”… And balloons
popped up, the remaining collaborators brought them in bags and released them
over the clients. And with that, the magic happened…
We didn’t how they would react, but we know that we
should let the play flow in way to give them a good moment. From grabbing the
balloons to throw them in the air or even pop them, everything happened!
“I wasn’t expecting this surprise”“Beautiful”“We felt happy”
“We had fun”
“Total surprise”
“Entertainment”
These were some of the many expressions used to
describe this moment.
We left the photographic and video records because “a
image worth more than one thousand words”.
We would like to thank to Inês Banza who is the head
nurse of this pioneer project in healthcare institutions here in Portugal and
we congratulate her for this iniciative.
And most of all, we congratulate the wonderful team of
Unidade de Média Duração e Reablitação da Fundação Joaquim António Franco e
seus Pais, for their collaboration and participation in this play time.
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