Author: Hazelwood College

Rathfredagh Cheshire Home “Learning Through Listening”

The Transistion Year class will visit Rathfredagh on Wednesday 23th November to learn abou the facilaites available there. These include:

24-hour care and support from trained staff, covering the main house and apartments.Rathfredagh provides day services for people in the local community. The programme caters for up to 16 people availing of social and therapeutic activities in Rathfredagh during 5 days a week, with transport available as needed. In addition, a further 21 people can participate 3 days a week in Rathfredagh’s innovative partnership with the Irish Wheelchair Association and the West Limerick Centre for Independent Living. Day service users can join in many activities, including quizzes, card games, bingo, using and learning computers, as well as availing of the gym facilities, hairdressing, bathing, aromatherapy, chiropody, art classes, physiotherapy, music therapy and relaxation sessions. Rathfredagh is working with different businesses in the area to provide parttime work, able to be done in the activities room, for any service user who wishes to take advantage of it. Rathfredagh is developing a service for people with acquired brain injury. Staff receive specialist training and research different behaviour modification techniques and therapies to assist service users with this condition. It is hoped to expand this service in coming years.