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Intergenerational Linking in care homes: spreading joy and understanding across the generations

“I wanted to take part because I wanted the older generation in our community to know that we care about them.” Ellie from Bristol is one of many hundreds of children who,...
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Homer Simpson and other QI tools have an impact at Rodney House

Following a successful QI workshop as part of their My Home Life England Leadership and Development programme, Rodney House Care Home in Liverpool kindly sent us the following update on how they...
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New London Social Care Leaders Programme launches

My Home Life England, together with Care Providers’ Voice, has launched a new London Social Care Leaders programme. 15 participants from across North East and North Central London are working together to...
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The FaNs Wishing Washing Line continues to bring joy to people in Essex care homes

    Celebrating 4 years of the FaNs Wishing Washing LineTM   Have you heard of the FaNs Wishing Washing Line? If not, it’s exactly what it sounds like – a washing...
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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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How care home teams minimised the impact of Covid-19 on people living with dementia in care homes

World Alzheimer’s Day 2022  At My Home Life England we are always learning about positive person-led approaches that support people living in care homes who have a form of dementia. We have...
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Intergenerational Linking Activities

We’re delighted to share a series of intergenerational linking activities, supporting connection between young people and people living in care homes! Community connections are vital for care settings and intergenerational friendships between...
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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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Some practice thoughts for bringing summer into the lives of people living, working and visiting care homes

Summertime can stir up memories of home, holidays, family and friends. Support people to reflect on previous summers – Who were you with? What was the weather like? What activities did you...
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MHLE reflection on CQC published data showing the death notifications involving COVID-19 received from care homes

On 21st July 2021, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) published data showing the death notifications involving COVID-19 received from individual care homes between 10 April 2020 and 31 March 2021. At My Home Life...
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