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Occupational Therapy at Homes for the Elderly
Regular occupational therapy sessions are held at the
Council's Old People's Homes and the residents take great interest
in their work. Materials are purchased from the residents' comforts
fund, and the finished articles are sold on the premises by the
matrons for the benefit of the fund, although a resident wishing to
purchase an article made may do so for the cost of the materials
involved.
Voluntary Workshops
The Kingston Spastic Centre provides a workshop at
13 Geneva Road, Kingston upon Thames, for about 26 spastic and
handicapped young persons, of whom approximately 15 live in the
borough.
The centre makes a good contribution to the welfare of the
handicapped in the borough.
Recreation and Voluntary Work
The remainder of the services which are provided for
physically handicapped persons can be described as recreational.
These involve grants to clubs and provision of holidays. There are
in the borough a number of organisations which run social clubs, as
listed below, for handicapped persons, and receive grants from this
authority. Their efforts in this field are much appreciated.
In the year under review holidays for 30 handicapped people
have been arranged by the Surrey Voluntary Association for the
Disabled acting as agents of the Council. This service has now been
assimilated in the health and welfare department and arrangements are
well in hand for holidays for 1966.