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Award winning service shares their learning on how to improve end of life support in care homes

Blakesley House Nursing home have been working on improving their End of Life (EoL) services for residents. Throughout their strive to be better, they’ve achieved recognition for the second time from the...
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The Baring Foundation’s David Cutler explains the magic happening in Wales

Wales has been creating magic with older people living in care homes by using the arts as a platform for engagement and meaningful activity. The cARTrefu project has been supported by My...
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Ever wondered what it takes to be Outstanding?

My Home Life spoke with a manager of a recently rated ‘Outstanding’ Dementia, Nursing, and residential care home, they kindly shared the key ingredients they needed to reach an ‘Outstanding’ rating.  ...
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A networking day in our care home

“Our home held an older persons services information drop in afternoon in which we invited in local organisations and support groups to discuss services available to older people in the area and...
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Moving to a care home – what matters to you?

“I remember talking to one of our prospective residents at one of our care homes and her telling me about her “life of ever decreasing boxes” as she put it. From a...
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Care Homes in our Communities

“Our residents do not live in our work place, we work in their home.” I have been sharing this quote from a care home worker and thinking about it a lot over...
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Clear Lines of Communication

“Imagine my concerns when during a monthly team meeting it became apparent that my team felt that their ideas and worries were not acted on. The process we had in place to...
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Involving residents in staff recruitment

“We recently advertised a new post for an Activities Coordinator. One of our residents, Bella Watkins was asked if she would like to sit on the interview panel, she was delighted to...
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Improving quality of life – a relative’s story

I saw my Aunt’s frown disappear! Around five years after my aunt was diagnosed with dementia, I gave the social worker the go-ahead to look for a care home, he told me...
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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...
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