Motivational stress balls for care home residents are one of the key ways n which we are keeping our care home residents interested and engaged in day to day activities at the care home. In this blog we will discuss the different ways in which stress balls can improve mental health and why mental health is so important at all ages and stages.
Why Use Stress Balls?
One of the big questions that is often asked is why we use motivational stress balls. We find stress balls to be an excellent aid when working with a mixture of age groups in order to keep them preoccupied and to help improve their mood.
Motivational stress balls can come in a wide variety of different shapes and sizes in order to help keep care home residents entertained. One of the reasons that we found them to be so useful is their cost effectiveness and adaptability. Whatever the environment these stress balls can be used as a source of motivation and comfort.
Why Is Mental Health Important?
Mental health is important for a wide range of reasons. One of the most clear and obvious reasons why mental health is important is in order to preserve health and wellbeing. Increasingly across the globe health and wellbeing is seen as just as important as your physical health.
This is partly because your mental health can have an impact on your physical health as well as your emotional wellbeing. At the care home our priority is to ensure that all residents are cared for mentally as well as physically. Therefore small additions to care homes such as motivational stress balls can help to make a significant difference to peoples overall health and wellbeing.
Mental health is something that can often overlooked within society as a result of other ambitions being put at the forefront of peoples minds. Often work life balance can become disruptive and may lead to a breakdown in mental health if it is not carefully managed.
Tips To Improve Mental Health
Overall there are plenty of different tips that we can offer in order to improve your mental health. One of the best things that you can do in order to do this is taking part in activities and sports that you are passionate about.
Taking part in activities and sports that you are passionate about means that you can boost your overall mental wellbeing as well as your engagement levels. Taking part and participating in sports or exercise on a regular basis can bring you the following benefits:
- Improved immune system
- Better physical health
- Better mental health
- Improved levels of fitness
- More social contact
Overall Findings
Overall on the whole we can say with confidence that motivational stress balls for care homes can make a big difference. This is because they can be used to help reduce stress and anxiety. Social isolation can be difficult for the elderly and stress balls are another excellent asset for mental health in order to assist with this problem.