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My Home Life England Annual Impact Report 2022-2023

We are proud to share our annual impact report for August 2022 – July 2023! Some of our highlights include: Over 160 care leaders completed My Home Life England programmes. Working across...
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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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‘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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New toolkit supporting positive working relationships – released by My Home Life England and NAPA

About the toolkit The toolkit is free to access. It focuses on positive practice, building on what already works well and finding new ways to work towards shared goals. It has been...
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Become A Care Home Friend – Intergenerational Challenge

Welcome to our 10 week intergenerational challenge for young people! It aims to get more young people connecting with older people living in care homes through a series of fun activities. Through...
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Evaluation of our Leadership Support Programme

We’ve released a new report summarising findings from our My Home Life England Leadership Support Programme! For our new report we undertook a thematic analysis of 45 local end-of-programme reports. These describe...
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Remote Intergenerational Linking Activities

Do you know a young person aged 5-14 who would like to engage with older people living in care homes? We are delighted to share with you a series of resources for...
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Supporting shared decision making in care homes: A free guide

This guide on shared decision making was co-created by My Home Life England alongside an Expert Advisory Group of people working in a range of care homes. The guide contains Case studies,...
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COVID-19 ‘Lockdown Learnings’ – care homes share things they found helpful

Staff from a group of care homes have shared with us at My Home Life England some of the things they found helpful during the first lockdown of 2020. These ‘Lockdown Learnings’...
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My Home Life Bulletins for Care Home Staff

Between 2015-2019, My Home Life released a series of bulletins for care home staff, each focused on a different topic. The bulletins are filled with real stories, practice ideas and top tips....
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