ES1077067U - Case of articles for entertainment, therapeutic activities (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

Case of articles for therapeutic entertainment activities, designed to facilitate interaction with people with disabilities, especially patients suffering from some ailment or cognitive or senile deficit, in particular for patients with alzheimer's disease, comprising a box (100) that it houses several containers (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6), characterized in that said containers are arranged inside said box (100) with its adjacent walls and each of them has a lid (11, 21, 31, 41, 51, 61) and a label on its outside (10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60) indicative of its contents, including each of the containers articles (12, 22, 42, 52, 62) of character, shape, texture and colors, different from those of a container to those of the other containers, said articles being susceptible to being sorted, classified and handled by a patient together with their companion and returned to the container according to said character, shape, t extura and colors. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

CASE OF ITEMS FOR THERAPEUTIC ENTERTAINMENT ACTIVITIES

Technical sector

The present invention relates to a carrying case of a kit of articles prepared to carry out activities aimed at facilitating an interaction with disabled persons, especially patients suffering from any cognitive or senile condition or deficit.

The invention finds a special application for patients affected by Alzheimer's disease who are sick who lose their ability to interact with the environment, stop recognizing their relatives or the people who care for them and retain very little intellectual functionality. The coexistence with these patients is very complex, and there is a clear need for well-structured and validated non-pharmacological resources that can contribute to the improvement of the quality of life not only of the patient, but also of their professional and non-professional caregivers. (family and relatives).

Prior art

Educational games are known in kit format of the type indicated, indicated in general for children, among which it is worth mentioning the Utility Model document ES 221815 which deals with a new educational game consisting of a case with a series of chemical products and associated items , such as various materials, a dosing tube, thread or tie rod to proceed, according to an instruction book included in the same case, to obtain crystalline bodies of desired size and shape.

Unlike the aforementioned background, this utility model provides a set of items in kit format, included in a case, facilitating its particular provision a simple selection of said items, for the realization of activities aimed at creating leisure routines and providing an interaction between family members or persons in charge of a patient with cognitive deficit, for example with an Alzheimer's disease in advanced degree and said patient, in particular allowing to relax the behavior or liven up the periods of visit to the patient of his relatives.

Brief Explanation of the Invention

The kit of articles of this invention comprises a kit for the implementation of therapeutic entertainment activities, structured to be scientifically validated, which adapts a selection of Montessori routines (applied in pedagogical areas) and others specially developed for the type of caregiver interaction. patient family, to foster an "emotional connection" between patients and caregivers (formal or informal) in residential, home or outpatient settings.

The proposed case comprises a box that integrates several containers with a lid inside and with a label on its exterior indicating its content, housed in an adjacent arrangement, each of the containers containing articles of diverse character, shape and colors, being in general different items of a container with respect to the items of the remaining containers. Such items are likely to be ordered and classified by a user and, where appropriate, by a patient accompanied by one or more people, according to said character, shape and colors of each item. The aforementioned articles are: imitations of flowers, imitations of everyday objects such as buttons, keys, among others, river stones, deflated balloons or colored tassels, thus constituting each container a reservoir for an activity independent of the other containers.

Brief description of the drawings

The invention will be more fully understood with the help of the drawings attached by way of non-limiting example, wherein:

Figure 1 illustrates a perspective view of the case object of the present invention, the containers of the case itself having been artificially opened to show their contents.

Detailed description of a preferred embodiment of the invention

According to said figure 1 there can be seen a box-like case 100 in which several containers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 are arranged, of different sizes, each with a label 10, 30, 40, 60 indicator

Among the aforementioned articles, and housed in said containers, there are: a series of imitative articles of flowers 12 with a container of volcanic gravel, an imitative series of everyday objects such as keys or buttons 22 arranged in a bag, a board and imitations of volcanic gravel, a series of river stones 42 with brushes, a series of inflatable balloons 52, in a deflated state, and even with an inflating device (not illustrated), an imitative series of tassels of different colors and textures 62, all this suitable to exercise the management and coordination of a person suffering from the aforementioned ailments, helped and generally guided timely with the hands by a companion or visitor, contributing such help and guidance to create a leisure routine.

Thus, with all such material, the caregiver or family member will try to get the person suffering from a cognitive deficiency, in general with help, to remove the contents of a container 1 called, for example "the flower pot" to identify flowers 12 , comment on their color or other characteristic of them, classify them, order them, put them in a jar and reinsert them into the correct container 1 being guided by your hand, to facilitate such operations.

Likewise, the patient will be invited to remove volcanic stones and everyday objects 22 from containers 2 and 3, for example, calling them the “hidden treasure” to hide said objects first and then look for them, repeating said sequences to ensure that the person in question has understood such activity.

With respect to the container 4 with the statement "the stones of the river", the patient or user will be encouraged to remove said stones 42 from the container, to paint them or spread them on both sides with some brushes, then returning them to place inside their container.

The patient will also be invited to remove the items from the container 5 of the "balloons of joy" to take out the balloons 52, inflate them, or be helped in such task with the attached device and once inflated throw them to the visitor, and vice versa, several times until you do it automatically.

Finally, according to the content of the case illustrated by way of example, the patient will be instigated to take out the contents of the container 6 called “the colored tassels”, to put them in a row, classify them by colors and textures and then do the Reverse operation, that is, insert them back into your container.

The indicated operations are for guidance purposes: a close person or a professional caregiver will be able to find other operations equally suitable for the patient, assisted by the same caregiver and even with the collaboration of another person, to perform activities manipulating, in general with help, such articles and, ultimately, getting both the patient and his visitor or caregiver to have a fun time.

A preliminary instruction manual and related activity guide are provided to facilitate the use of the contents of the case.

A person skilled in the art could introduce changes and modifications in the described embodiments, without departing from the scope of the invention, as defined in the appended claims.

Claims (6)

1.- Case of articles for therapeutic entertainment activities, designed to facilitate interaction with people with disabilities, especially patients suffering from any cognitive or senile disorder or deficit, in particular for patients with Alzheimer's disease, which includes a box (100) which houses several 5 containers (1,2,3,4,5,6), characterized in that said containers are arranged inside said box (100) with its adjacent walls and each of them has a lid (11, 21,31,41,51,61) and a sign on the outside (10,20,30,40,50,60) indicative of its contents, including each of the articles (12,22,42,52, 62) of character, shape, texture and colors, different from those of a container to those of the other containers, said items being susceptible to being ordered, classified and handled by a patient 10 together with its companion and returned to the container according to said character, shape, texture and colors. 2. Case according to claim 1, characterized in that said containers (1,2,3,4,5,6) are cylindrical, of common diameter and have at least two different heights, so that two of them superimposed coincide with the height of a third container, allowing an arrangement with tight fit of one or a pair of containers inside the box (100) of the case, in an adjacent arrangement to another container or pair of 15 containers 3. Case according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that a first container (1) contains imitative articles of flowers (12) and at least one jar with volcanic soil. 4. Case according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that a second and third container (2,3) contain, respectively, items that mimic everyday objects, select from a key ring, keys, buttons 20 (22) plus a board and volcanic gravel in a bag. 5. Case according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that a fourth container (4) contains articles that mimic river stones (42) and includes two brushes for spreading or wetting said articles (42). 6. Case according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that a fifth container (5) contains items such as deflated balloons (52) and a device for inflating the same balloons (52). 7. Case according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that a sixth container (6) contains articles such as tassels of different colors (62).