Live capture: Subconscious garden before the sanctuary
- Organizations
- Social welfare and long-term care
A resilience system
for caregivers
Time to be cared for, for the people who care for others. Regular respite sessions for staff, plus group relaxation activities the people you serve can join, all scheduled by your organization.
What changes after adoption
- Respite becomes a standing practiceRun regularly on site, with no separate course to arrange
- One more group activity for the people you serveOlder adults and people with disabilities can take part together
- Results to report for grant-funded programsEvery session leaves a group record
Three needs in social welfare and long-term care
Counseling rooms and professional social work units within an organization can also look at how mental health practices use it.
The load on workers
Frontline social workers and care workers carry the difficulties of the people they serve over long periods. Turnover is especially high in protective services.
Hard to run regularly
Stress-reduction courses from outside need extra time and budget, so they rarely become a regular form of support.
Staff for activities, records of results
Group activities for service users need staff to design and lead them, and grant-funded programs also require concrete records of results.
Uses for staff and for service users
Staff
| Weekly respite session | A group relaxation room at a fixed time, for example every Friday afternoon |
|---|---|
| Before group supervision and case conferences | A journey first, then the discussion |
| After home visits or difficult cases | Rest in the personal relaxation space after getting back to the office |
Service users
| Group activities for older adults | Older adults watch the 3D scene on a large screen and listen to the voice guidance; staff help put on the armbands |
|---|---|
| Community care centers | One of the regular monthly activities |
| Family caregiver support groups | Group relaxation sessions for caregivers |
| People using disability services | Journey length and the way people take part are adjusted to each person, as assessed by professionals |
Setup and who can view records
For service users who cannot consent for themselves, a legal representative or family member gives consent under the organization's existing procedures. In sessions for protective services, the large screen hides participants' real names.
- Planning
- Social work supervisor, care supervisor or activity planner
- On site
- Your psychologists, social workers or trained staff
- Space
- Meeting rooms, activity rooms, the activity space at a community care center
- Equipment
- HRV armbands come with each licensed seat; they go on the arm, so older adults can put them on easily, and they are wiped clean with alcohol
- Who sees records
- The staff member; the organization sees group statistics, which can be used as outcome material for grant-funded programs (with participant counts and notes)
The mobile cart (add-on)
You can start without a dedicated relaxation room. The screen, projector and 3D host computer sit together on one cart. Wheel it into a community center's activity space, a meeting room or a lounge, plug in the power and the projector, and begin. Afterwards it goes back to storage and the room returns to its usual use.
Corporate sponsorship
In its company plans, Mandala Hub suggests social welfare and long-term care sites for sponsorship, and the company supports the site's system and licenses. With the organization's consent, the group statistics from its use can serve as disclosure material for the company's community involvement. Interested organizations are welcome to contact us.
Demo session before adoption
Staff go through one session first, then plan how to use it for staff or for service users.
- Agree on a time and placeTell us what you need, the space you have and how many people will join.
- Go through a full sessionOur host demonstrates it: joining the session, the measurement before the session, the immersive journey and the measurement during the journey.
- Look at the reports togetherParticipants see their personal reports on their phones; your organization sees the report for that session. Report templates
- Plan the rolloutWe discuss a setup for staff, for service users or with the mobile cart.
Who does what in social welfare and long-term care
Mandala Hub takes on
- Regular respite sessions for staff
- Group relaxation activities for service users
- Group records that can be used as outcome material for grant-funded programs
- Host training for staff
Social workers and professionals focus on
- Assessing service users
- Casework and counseling
- Crisis response
Mandala Hub looks after respite and relaxation, so the professional time of helping staff goes to the people they serve.
Questions from social welfare and long-term care organizations
How much time does a respite session take?
35 to 90 minutes per session. It can be scheduled right before group supervision or a meeting, as part of the existing schedule.
Will older adults be able to follow it?
The scenes guide people through images and sound. Older adults can choose a shorter journey and rest at any point.
What options are there for organizations with a limited budget?
Ask us about corporate sponsorship. See Corporate sponsorship.
Who should be assessed before using it?
People with dissociative experiences, schizophrenia, delirium, severe depression, recent serious trauma or another psychiatric condition should first be assessed by a psychiatrist or psychologist. Assessment before use
Plan your first respite session
Tell us how your organization works and what activity spaces you have, and we will arrange a demo session.