Abstract
Burton House is a geriatric unit with a purpose-built recreation unit, providing adult education facilities and daily time-tabled recreational facilities for long-stay patients. The recreation unit is an offshoot of the occupational therapy department with an activities organizer, a music therapist and an occupational therapy helper who work, along with others, to extend the role of diversional therapy with the elderly. This article is an example of the work that is being achieved to improve the quality of life for long-stay patients.
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