Wellbeing

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Well-being
Artevelde Hogeschool Gent, Dokuz Eylul
Universitesi Izmir, Mikkeli Polytechnic
Savonlinna, Technological Educational Institution
of Athens.

• The care and well-being of the profound mentally
  handicapped children and adults

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Who are we?

• Anetta Greece OT
• Charlotte Belgium Midwife
• Negihan Turkey PT
• Özge Turkey PT
• Sanni Finland Podiatrist
• Tineke Netherlands Midwife

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Well-being mentally handicapped

• Introduction
• Visits
• MPI Borgwal, Vurste
• Theater Tartaar

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Well-being, Topics

• Causes of mentally retardation.
• Problems of mental handicapped people.
• Complementary methods to improve well-
• being.
• Family problems.

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Well-being causes of mental retardation

• Genetic conditions
• Problems during pregnancy
• Problems at birth
• Problems after birth
• Poverty and cultural deprivation

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Well-being causes of mental retardation

• Genetic conditions
• - Disorders of the genes caused by infection
  during
• pregnancy
• - Inheritage of abnormal genes of the parents
• - Errors with genes combine
• - Chromosomal disorders
• - Fragile X-syndrome

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Well-being causes of mental retardation

• Problems during pregnancy
• - Abuse
• - Malnutrition
• - Environmental contaminants
• - Illness of the mother

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Well-being causes of retardation

• Problems at birth
• - Prematurity
• - Low birth weight
• - Long labour

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Well-being causes of mental retardation

• Problems after birth
• - childhood diseases
• - meningitis and encephalitis
• - environmental toxins
• - accidents

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Well-being, causes of mental retardation.

• Poverty and cultural deprevation
• - inadequate medical care
• - malnutrition

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Well-being, causes of mental retardation.

• Prevention
• - Down syndrome screening
• - screening on infections
• - PKU screening
• - Vaccination

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Well-being, Topics

• Causes of mental retardation.
• Problems of mental handicapped people
• Complementary methods to improve well-
• being.
• Family problems.

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Well-being,problems of mental handicapped people.

• Some people have brains and dont use them, I
  would give most things for my kid to have them.
  There you are, its a funny old world. (parent)

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Well-being, problems of mental handicapped people

• Following forms of violence
• - Emotional and verbal abuse
• - Neglect
• - Assault
• - Mistreatment

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Well-being,problems of mentally handicapped
people.

• What makes people with a mental handicap more
  vulnerable to violence?
• - effects of isolation
• - lack of decision making power
• - lack of self esteem
• - lack of acces to community based services.
• - poverty
• - representation within the culture.

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Well-being, problems of mentally handicapped
people.

• These conditions not only cause them to feel
  isolated and unhappy, but may also prevent them
  obtaining effective health and treatment.

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Well-being, problems of mentally handicapped
people.

• They need to be loved and accepted!!!

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Well-being, Topics

• Causes of mental retardation
• Problems of mental handicapped people
• Complementary methods to improve well-
• being.
• Family problems.

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Well-being, complementary methods to improve
well-being.

• Introduction to complementary methods.
• Introduction to basal stimulation.
• How profound handicapped persons experience and
  perceive?

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Well-being, complementary methods to improve
well-being

• Development of human perception
• - Perception
• - Movement
• - Communication

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Well-being, complementary methods to improve
well-being.

• Pillars of care in basal stimulation are
• - our care is an offer, the client does not have
  to accept the offer.
• - Our care is addapted to the rhythm of the
  client.
• - The needs of the client determine touch and
  movement.
• - The care giver adapts to the perception,
  communication and movement of the client.

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Well-being, complementary methods to improve
well-being.

• Purpose of basal stimulation is
• - Contact with and perception of the environment
  
• - Make the client become aware of his body, make
  him feel his body
• - Make the client experience life as being
  pleasant and safe
• - The development of rhythm
• - Make the client lead an autonomous life, gain
  responsibility

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Well-being, complementery methods to improve
well-being

• The attitude of care givers in basal stimulation
• - Be aware of themselves
• - The touch must be as clear and professional as
  possible
• - Stimulation must be integrated in everyday
  contact with the client
• - Observation of clients body language and
  breathing

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Well-being, complementary methods to improve
well-being.

• Snoezelen
• - What is snoezelen?
• - Development of snoezelen?
• - Design of snoezelen- room
• - Further aims
• - Conclusion

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Well-being, complementary methods to improve
well-being

• What is snoezelen
• - Snoezelen is a multisensory environment
  designed to stimulate and entertain the senses of
  individuals with development disabilities

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Well-being, complementary methods to improve
well-being

• Snoezelen has not been developed from therapy
  concepts but has developed from need for rest of
  people with severest handicap
• It was first developed at the Hantenberg
  Institute for 400 severly and extremly severly
  handicapped children and adults
• In 1980s snoezelen has found increasing
  popularity in Germany

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Well-being, complementary methods to improve
well-being

• Design of a snoezelen-room
• - snoezelen has become a magic world. The common
  equipments are
• Bubble tube
• Light tuve
• Fountain
• Mirrors
• Sound light wall
• Music water bed
• Aroma diffuser

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Well-being, complementary methods to improve
well-being

• Further Aims
• neuro-physiology
• Psychology- psychiatry
• Pedagogy

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Well-being, complementary methods to improve
well-being

• Conclusion
• Snoezelen is a concept in which an indoors
  environment is created mainly to provide comfort
  by using controllable stimuli. The user can
  discover the world of senses by experiencing both
  the individual but also the combined effect of
  music, notes,sounds, light effects, tactile
  stimulation and aromas.

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Well-being, complementary methods to improve
well-being

• Hippotherapy
• - What is hippotherapy?
• -Hippotherapy is a form of therapy that
  literally means treatment with the help of
  horse

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Well-being, complementary methods to improve
well-being

• Hippotherapy can be used to treat a wide variety
  of neurological, sekletal, muscular and emotional
  disorders
• -such as autism, multiple sclerosis, down
  syndrome, traumatic brain or spinal cord
  injuries, atenttion defict desorders, learning or
  language disabilities and visual or hearing
  impairments

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Well-being, complementary methods to improve
well-being

• Hippotherapy is used becaused its three-
  dimensonal motion of a walking horse
• - When the horse is moving you can compare it as
  it was the mimics of the human gait
• - That is the most important reason that the
  riders with physical disabilities often show
  improvment to increases their balance, posture,
  mobility, coordination and muscle strenght

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Well-being, complementary methods to improve
well-being

• Conclusion
• - The warmth, sound, sight and feel of a moving
  horse is feeding all of the riders senses.
• - Most individuals with mental or emotional
  disabilities, the unique relationship formed with
  the horse can lead to increase mental
  functioning, confidence, patience and self-esteem

   
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Well-being, complementary methods to improve
well-being

• Hydrotherapy What is it?
• - Hydrotherapy is the use of water in a
  different kinds of treatments.
• - Its usually done in specially heated pools,
  because beoyancy of the water and the extra heat
  relaxes the body muscles and ligaments

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Well-being, complementary methods to improve
well-being

• How does it effect your body?
• - Generally, heat quits and sooths the body,
  slowing down the activity of internal organs
• - The warm water relaxes the hole body and mind
• ? so usually all the clients are really calm
  and they really are enjoying the experience of
  the water

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Well-being, Topics

• Causes of mental retardation
• Problems of mental handicapped people
• Complementary methods to improve well-
• being.
• Family problems.

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Well-being, family

• Two examples
• Help at home
• Stay at home
• Day care centre
• Institution
• Self supporting groups

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Well-being, some conclusions

• Mentally handicapped people DO have feelings,
  they just cannot expresse them.
• They are human beings who need help on physical,
  psycological and social level.
• They need opportunities to achieve something and
  to express themselves.
• They should not be isolated.

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Well-being, discussion and experience

• We invite you to come upstairs for some
  experience and discussion.

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Thank you and Be Well!

• Anetta Karathanasi
• Charlotte Vervaeck
• Negihan Bagci

• Özge Ketenci
• Sanni Ratinen
• Tineke Ketelaars