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Leisure Resource Library

The Leisure Resource library is a new and innovative service that provides various therapeutic activities that care staff can borrow to use in their residential care facility in order to improve the quality of life for residents.

The initiative aims to improve care staffs’ understanding of the importance of activities in the day to day life of residents in their care.

Furthermore, it aims to educate residential care facility staff about how and what activities may be used with different residents. The library will loan activity resources to care staff as well as provide regular newsletters and quarterly in-services on the provision of therapeutic activity.

The Leisure Resource Library houses many different leisure/activity products that can be used in facilities. The resources available include activities that provide cognitive stimulation, sensory stimulation, reminiscence, physical activity and activity for people with dementia.  The library also provides access to an extensive range of activity based books.

Below is a listing of some of the leisure resources that will be available for loan:

• Resource/activity manuals
• Manuals for special event activities e.g. Christmas, Easter
• Multi-sensory equipment – bubble tubes and fibre optics
• Reminiscence books/tools
• Table/floor games
• Music – CDs
• Creative arts activities
• Interactive dolls
• Interactive cats/dogs
• Sensory aprons/panels
• Musical instruments
• Quiz and crossword books
• Books/activities

• Sensory boxes
• Sorting activities
• Cultural activities

Working hours of the Leisure Resource Library

The Leisure Resource Library will be open for 2 half days each week contact us for opening times

Contact us

Telephone:  9816 0569  Fax:  9816 0432

Email:     LeisureResource.Lib@svhm.org.au

Postal Address:

Karrimbi Building

283 Cotham Road

Kew, Victoria, 3101

Who can become a member

Residential care facilities (including nursing homes, hostels and SRS) are invited to join as members.

There is a membership fee of $110 (including GST).

Membership includes:

·            12 months borrowing rights to

      activity resources from the library

·            A quarterly newsletter

·            Quarterly in-services at St. George’s

      campus on using activities within

      residential care. 

The annual membership allows the library to continue to purchase and maintain activity resources and to cover other costs.  The membership cost does not include fines on late returns or if items are not returned in the condition borrowed.

Acknowledgements

We are grateful to the following organisations who have generously donated funds to support the Leisure Resource Library’s development: The William Buckland Foundation, ANZ Trustees; ANZ Trustees Program, Accommodation and Care for Older People in Victoria; Eileen Lovegrove, a sub fund of State Trustees Australia Foundation

Volunteers

Volunteers interested in assisting with the library would be most welcome and can contact Gillian Sealby, Coordinator Volunteers Services, St George’s Campus,  Tel: 9816 0511

Email: gillian.sealby@svhm.org.au