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OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
1962 was a busy, but most rewarding year for the Occupational
Therapy Department of the Chest Clinic.
The patients continued to enjoy producing large quantities
of much improved cane work articles, and at one point the demand
for these goods was greater than the output.
In the case of some of the other patients a big effort was
made to break away from the continuous production of lampshades
and some other articles for which it is becoming difficult to
find a market. This has proved to be a slow process, as the very
thought of change causes the chronic patients acute despair.
Most of the patients visited are still very keen to be kept
busy and are most grateful for the help they are given. There
were more than the usual number of new patients on the Occupational
Therapy Register in the latter months of 1962, creating
something of a problem from the visiting view point. However,
these patients are all so enthusiastic and full of new ideas
that it was a pleasure to reshuffle and fit them all in.
The Sale of Work held at Queen's Hospital in November was
again a great success, and will probably become an annual event.