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“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...
A manager shares plans for a really special event commemorating residents’ memories of the war, and the war experiences of them and and their families – with a theme of forgiveness....
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...
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...
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...
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 settings every...
The My Home Life toolkit was designed to support conversations for quality improvement. It was developed from research and piloted with care home managers. It helps people to explore their thoughts and...
1. Posters Put a poster in your care home window, or in the window of your local shop, and let the community know how best to support you: Poster:...
Posters for the 4 underlying frameworks of My Home Life: Developing best practice together Focusing on relationships Being appreciative Having caring conversations More information about each of the 4 frameworks can be...
In 2007, Help the Aged commissioned the National Care Home Research and Development Forum to deliver this project as part of its policy work relating to improving quality of care for older...
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