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Show -- c- Page 6A September 4, 1980 Lakeside Review Dealing With Life Patients Care for Gardens and educational programs at the Nurses dressed in their grubbies supervised the project, but didnt division help mentally ill patients dictate how the finished planting should regain a feeling of security in what Mrs. a structured enKaiser terms look. vironment. We really have a loving, caring staff unit generally houses The of nurses and aides in this unit, says 35 around patients whose mental Mrs. Kaiser. We could never be able to from schizophrenia to range problems extra these projects accomplish disorders. of a personality without their h?lp Im very proud of variety The programs at the unit are divided ' all of them. primarily between educational and All maintenance and care of the recreational therapy. Nurses and aides flower beds has been the responsibility conduct classes in reading and basic of the patients, who really get a lot of math at the hospital, while some enjoyment from it, according to Mrs,. patients are taking classes to learn Kaiser. skills in regular community school KOY Gardening can be a uniquely effective type of therapy .to relieve the tensions of ordinary life. Patients at Weber County Hospital are learning that working in the soil can help them more serious mental overcome ' . ailments, too. Nurses at the hospital have devised a project this summer that gives patients with mental illnesses an opportunity to work outdoors, with living plants in a "healing environment as a valuable tool in helping them learn to deal with their problems. Under the direction of Helen Kaiser, head nurse on the chronic mental . health unit or D Division, at the hospital, patients have brought some color to their surroundings by planting and caring for flowers and vegetables in the garden area outside their wing of the building. Both male and female patients were involved in designing and carrying out a landscaping plan for a fenced-pi- n recreation area this spring. Bedding plants donated by the BPOE Does, Ogden Chapter 27, now brighten the area, and patients have been able to harvest a small crop of vegetables from a corner garden patch. ' A hospital patient who is taking classes in landscape architecture in the community provided the design for the project. Sod was removed from a bedding area around the perimeter of the recreation space by the patients and hauled away by hospital maintenance crews. , The planting was done completely by patients who arranged petunias and 40-be- d . The patients have also located unused planters from other areas in the hospital and filled them with colorful bedding plants. The vegetable garden is located in an area that used to be a grassy extension of the main lawn outside D Division. The grass was dug up by patients and given to a Roy resident as sod. The soil was tilled and cultivated by the patients to prepare for the vegetable plants. m fund-raisin- other annuals around several small evergreens placed in corner spaces. n hospital unit. The patients planted and maintained the gardens this summer. NURSE Pat Kapp supervises the work of two Weber County Hospital patients as they weed flower beds outside their Department and receives patient help the patients to gradually work referrals from that agency. D Tomatoes, cabbages, mustard Division also serves as middle their way back to normal living. Some sports and activity equipment for former state hospital greens, radishes, peas and beets are ground some of the crops produced in the patients as they progress back into has been donated by clubs and small plot of ground. The patients work lives as normal individuals. Only a few businesses, but the unit needs more. in this area in pairs while being mentally ill people from Weber County Patients have collected aluminum cans are now housed at the state hospital. as a project to purchase supervised by a nurse or aide. The produce harvested from the Most are cared for .at the Roy facility. sporting equipment and have also Mrs. Kaiser and Pat Kapp, her bought a popcorn popper. garden has been enjoyed at meals by all Much of the funding for the unit the patients in the unit, assistant, are dedicated to improving We have weekly job assignments, comes from federal sources and is the on for life daily patients limited. says Mrs. Kaiser, and the garden has division. We have great plans for this unit to been one job the patients have really We want to help people back into the mainstream of life, Mrs. Kapp says. help improve life for the patients, enjoyed. The gardens and other recreational We work closely with families and Mrs. Kaiser says. . g Commercial Residential Prevent Car Sickness Roylance Col Tennis Courts Using a car seat for a small child may prevent car sickness. A clearer Fence , 100 N Main MATERIAL " view through the front window allows the eyes to focus on relatively stable objects in the distance. The child is safer in a secured seat, too. If 1 LaytonUtJ if no answer call: .4 - X f: . t t , ! V ' t ,v t , W , f-r-- , . i bd- - tJL lYt-- It. OPEN b4 A' ALL DAY 4 3 BIG DAYS NOW! RESERVE YOUR PRICES S U . 100 C ATTENTION BEEF EATERS! GUARANTEE MEAT MASTERS WANTS YOUR BUSINESS! WE SELL ONLY QUALITY BEEF. YOUR ORDER IS CUT AND WRAPPED IN YOUR PRESENCE TO YOUR SPECIFICATIONS, AT NO CHARGE. THIS TAKES APPROX. 40 MINUTES. 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The airman will now INCH PORK CHOPS CALL Training Finished In Texas SUNSET-Airma- psTEN'Vb W 1 1 WHEAT ftflASTlEL! 7 DAYS Monday thru Friday 10 t o 7 Saturday A Sunday 702 WALL AVENUE 10 to 6 Dog Runs INS,,ll,TI0N Free Estimates 766-216- 1 773-255- 4 ii X . situations. Some patients go out of the hospital regularly to jobs or vocational training in the community. Short-terpatients may stay at the six weeks to two months, from hospital while several have been receiving constant care at the unit for years and some will remain indefinitely. The hospital unit works closely with the Weber County Mental Health V |