That's right: hard work has a therapeutic effect. It distracts from anxious thoughts, saves from depression, and when it is related to creativity,those, it also brings great pleasure. Keeping this in mind, we have launched a new project in our Hesed called "Occupational Therapy". To implement it, we purchased materials for various activities: soap-making kits, wrist expanders, everything necessary for growing microgreens, picture puzzles for training fine motor skills, and also - pictures by numbers, anti-stress coloring pages...
We will offer all of this to our golden age clients in the coming days. We know how important it is to diversify their leisure time, support their health, and calm their nerves.
By the way, not everyone knows that soap can be made at home, that this activity is quite exciting and can bring a lot of positive emotions. And how interesting it is to collect puzzles! British doctors have proven that such an activity is useful for both children and elderly people who have suffered a stroke. This game trains logical thinking, develops dexterity, observation, patience, perseverance, and also improves fine motor skills of hands, coordination of movements. The same applies to microgreens: until recently, few people knew about this type of useful activity (at most, they grew green onions on the windowsill). But it turned out that you can grow shoots of buckwheat, sunflower, wheat, arugula, milk thistle, peas and many other crops and have live, extremely useful vitamins every day, which until recently were known and available only to gourmets. And how soothing and energizing anti-stress coloring pages and fine art (even by numbers) are! The bright colors of this gloomy time of year affect mood, well-being, and ultimately, human health.
We hope that such occupational therapy will bring significant benefits and certainly great satisfaction to our clients.
