Staff members at Brian House Children’s Hospice in Blackpool have seen the difference a sensory environment can make to children with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions.
The Hospice provides care for children to give parents some respite, and the sensory room, from SensoryPlus, a specialist designer and installer of sensory environments, helps the children relax, play, and receive sensory therapy. Sue Pelling, a play worker at the hospice, said: “The sensory room has brought huge smiles to the faces of the children here. We now have a water bed where the music vibrates underneath, an infinity tunnel, fibre optics, a bubble tube, and a projector with a changing colourwash. We would definitely recommend that other hospices invest in a sensory space. David Payne, the SensoryPlus product manager, and his the team, were incredibly proactive in designing the room, and helping us choose the right equipment.” Additional corridor space is fitted with ‘Zig Zag’ wall panels (interactive panels which allow ‘tracking of bubbles’, and incorporate ‘cogs’ that can be manually rotated, ‘inviting the swirls of water to change direction’). The panels’ LED lights ‘gently change colour to create an exciting sensory room addition’.
