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Current research: What’s it like for older adults to live in a care home?

We are delighted to have been awarded funding from The Hallmark Foundation to conduct a UK-wide research project on the experiences of living in residential care, from the perspectives of older people...
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Increased resilience, retention and quality – key outcomes of My Home Life England programmes

We are really pleased to share new data from over 200 care leaders, which reveals that participation in My Home Life England programmes has significant impact for care leaders – including an...
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Read House: Improving the dining experience & addressing death – the ‘elephant in the room’

Charlotte Garner is the Deputy Manager at Read House in Frinton, Essex. We met Charlotte when she took part in a My Home Life England Professional Development and Support programme in Essex....
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‘Relational authentic leadership can be messy’

Mark Topps is a social care leader and campaigner. He is the Regional Business Manager at Essex Cares Limited, as well as Co-Founder of social care chat shows The Caring View and The...
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Help us with new research: The experiences of living in residential care

City, University of London want to find out about the experiences of living in residential care from the perspectives of older people and from those who care for them. We are supporting...
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Using My Home Life Picture Cards in team building session to explore perspectives

Picture Cards are one of the tools used on My Home Life England programmes to start conversations. In this blog, David Unsworth, Charge Nurse at St Bartholomew’s Court, tells us how he recently...
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Julienne Meyer CBE to chair new Older People’s Housing Taskforce

Professor Julienne Meyer CBE is to chair a new Older People’s Housing Taskforce, announced as part of the government’s Adult Social Care Implementation plan, published by the Department of Health and Social...
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‘Rebuilding Together’ – Insights into how care homes coped during the pandemic

On the third anniversary of the first COVID-19 lockdown (23rd March 2020), My Home Life England shares new insights from care homes about their experiences of the pandemic.
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The outcomes & impact of Intergenerational Linking: what our research project tells us about linking schools & care homes

We held a national webinar to share our findings from the project, as well as a link to our full research report and free resources. Care Home FaNs: Intergenerational Linking was a...
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