Life at St Martha’s Nursing Unit
What will you do at St Martha’s?
Facilities at St Martha’s Nursing Unit
At St Martha’s we’ve done everything we can to create a welcoming environment with facilities to improve your quality of life, promote your independence and give you a sense of achievement. We realise your care may not have gone as well as planned previously, and you may not have been able to go home from hospital. We help you get the most out of your life, whether that’s here in the hospital or getting you ready for discharge.
There are areas where you can relax, communal space for socialising and a fully equipped gym for exercise. Environments have been designed to cater for specific needs, and what sets our hospitals apart from others is that we meet robust safety standards while still creating a homely place to live.
There’s nothing like this. This is a wonderful place.
NHS Dementia Outreach team leader
Gym
IT Suite
Free WiFi
Hair Salon
Martha’s Harbour Cafe
Quiet Room
Multi Faith Room
Ensuite
Rooms
On-Site
Parking
Private
Gardens
Activities at St Martha’s Nursing Unit
We run an exciting programme of activities, which change frequently as we bring in new ideas and cater to the interests of our patients. Recent examples include Tai Chi, yoga and farmyard pet therapy. If there is something you’d like to try, let us know and we’ll see what we can do.
Cookery
Group and 1:1 sessions to show you how to cook a nutritious meal and try new dishes. Preparing ingredients, seeing your recipe come together then savouring the tasty result is hugely rewarding.
Pampering
Hair washes, hand massages and haircuts from our visiting hairdressers will boost your sense of wellbeing.
Computer sessions
Helping you learn to use a computer or refine your skills. Our friendly tutors will take you step by step through the most useful programmes to build your confidence and give you pride in your new achievements.
Café
Listen to music and relax off the wards. Enjoy coffee and cake, hum along to favourite tunes and socialise with your St Magnus neighbours.
Visiting entertainment
We also have visiting entertainment such as brass bands and a mobile animal farm, bringing joyful variety into life at St Martha’s.
Therapies at St Martha’s Nursing Unit
At St Martha’s we treat the whole person. You could be planting vegetable seeds with one of our occupational therapists [link to Shiona Balfour profile], learning to express difficult emotions with our dramatherapist [link to Steph Maclean profile], working through stress with a psychologist or building up a conversation with our speech and language therapist. We even have a visiting therapeutic horse!
My role is engaging our patients in activities of daily living to improve their quality of life, sense of achievement, safety and wellbeing. In a typical week I might assess a patient’s ability to cook a nutritious meal; support a group of patients to plant kale and spinach seeds to feed our resident guinea pigs; accompany a patient to attend a local church; and attend the weekly Tai Chi session …
Shiona Balfour I Senior occupational therapist
Dining & Nutrition
You’re bound to be tucking into delicious meals at St Martha’s … everyone does! Our chefs take pride in creating mouth-watering, nutritious food with great care and attention. They cater for a variety of nutritional and faith needs.
Quality is important to us, and we’ll take your personal tastes into account so you look forward to every breakfast, lunch and dinner. From a bacon bap to Thai chicken curry, bon appétit!
- Spacious dining areas
- Wide-ranging menus
- Diets for individual faith needs
- Choice of options
- Quality cuisine
- Make your own hot drinks and snacks
