The idea is an adaptation of a session delivered in a Swedish care home, says the hospital.
The sessions to music include exercising upper and lower limbs, playing catch with beach balls and throwing hoops on to a cone
The chair-based exercise programme aims to stop patients from losing muscle tone while being cared for in hospital. Teresa Stratton, a falls specialist nurse overseeing the sessions, said it been humbling to see "more frail patients becoming energised and involved".By keeping moving, a patient’s deconditioning can be slowed down so they can they maintain their independence and have a shorter stay in hospital
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