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Greeting residents in their first language
We are proud to offer a home that strengthens the cultural identity of residents, relatives and staff. We found that simply greeting someone or understanding an expression of discomfort in Welsh can make a huge difference to the resident’s care. We offer Welsh activities, entertainment, conversation and literature for the residents on themes of: food, […]
READ MOREWelcoming children into the care home (with free guide!)
Over the years we’ve had a relationship with different groups of young people in our care home but we had lost contact with them, so we decided to start to build the links up again. It wasn’t completely straightforward – when we first started to try to find groups to link with some of them […]
READ MORESharing decision-making and listening to your community in renovation projects
I’m the Chief Operating Officer of The Fed– a social care charity which runs many community projects for people of all ages and large residential and nursing home for older people. We took over the home in 2009 and it was clear that the building needed an upgrade. It was a typical 1970’s building, which […]
READ MOREHow about using a tree in your home to start conversations and share decisions?
“As I’ve been going through the My Home Life Leadership Support programme I’ve been looking at how we can be doing more to share decision making in our care home. We’ve already tried a few different things in the past, like asking the residents to pick the design for the invitation card we made for […]
READ MORECommemorating and forgiving with residents and the local community
A manager shares plans for a really special event commemorating residents’ memories and the war experiences of them and and their families – with a theme of forgiveness. It all started when our local MP realised that the children in our area didn’t really know that much about the history of the area and wanted […]
READ MOREWalk in your manager’s shoes for a day…
Gillian is the manager of a small residential care home with 20 residents in Edinburgh. My story to share is about something we call ‘Funday Friday’. One day a month, one of my team gets to walk in my shoes and be in charge of the care home for the day. You might be responding […]
READ MOREManagers share ideas for Care Home Open Day!
If you haven’t had a chance to think about Care Home Open Day (Friday 19th June) yet, some managers from across the country have shared their ideas (little and large) for great things to do on the day. Before the day…
READ MORESetting up a managers’ forum
Susan Yates is the manager at Dial House in Bedford, a family-run nursing home for 50 residents. Since I finished the My Home Life programme in 2012 the group of managers I was with on it has depleted – some have just moved away from the area, and others have left care completely. I missed […]
READ MOREWelcome to the new My Home Life blog
Hello and welcome to our new blog and our first ever blog post. On this blog we want to host stories from people who are working in and around care homes every day. All residents, relatives, staff, and visitors to care homes are welcome to contribute – as are those from the wider health, social […]
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