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My name is Hannah Pearson
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and I am an Activities Co-ordinator
here at LIys Elian Care Home.
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So, from the morning till the afternoon
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depending on lunchtimes and things
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we do activities that can vary from
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your arts and crafts,
to reminiscence therapies,
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to word games, quizzes
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arm chair exercises and dancing.
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And as well people obviously
have different interests,
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so personal interests and hobbies,
we deal with those as well.
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Normally we would
have days out and we would
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visit the theatres and
have cinema screenings
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and people would come in
and perform for us.
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Because of the pandemic,
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I was made redundant from my previous role.
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My previous role was as a hotel manager.
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So I had to come up with
something completely different
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and I think working in
the sector just seemed like
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something that was quite important
and was part of a bigger picture.
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I had an art degree, a few
years ago now, in fine art
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and ever since completing the degree
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I never really had a role that utilised it.
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Using my art skills for the
benefit of the individuals here.
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So their well-being
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and having that art
background and using that
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to improve their lives.
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I think people don't always realise
how important the role is,
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I get some people saying, "Oh,
haven't you got a nice, easy job"
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and it is a nice job, but it is not easy
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and it is quite important.
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So when you think about
the well-being of an individual
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you usually think about their
physical well-being
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and yes that's very important,
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but their creative and social
and emotional well-being
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is also very important.
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And that's what my role is for.
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I would recommend
working in Social Care
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because you get to meet and work
with a lot of different people.
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So it's part of something bigger.
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In my previous job,
I didn't really feel like that,
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but in this role you're
part of something bigger
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and you're making
a difference to people's lives.