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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 Care. Julienne is a leading expert in care for older people, and is the co-founder of My Home Life and Professor Emerita of […]
READ MORE‘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. ‘Rebuilding Together’ is a report based upon conversations with over 200 people from 34 care homes across England. It offers insight into what support care homes received […]
READ MOREThe outcomes & impact of Intergenerational Linking: what our research project tells us about linking schools & care homes
It was amazing to be joined virtually by so many people on Wednesday 22nd February 2023, as we shared the outcomes and impact of Care Home Friends and Neighbours (Care Home FaNs): Intergenerational Linking – England’s biggest intergenerational project with care homes. We held a national webinar to share our findings from the project, as […]
READ MOREA look ahead in 2023 – Digitising Social Care
As we enter 2023, we’re delighted to share some short thought pieces from some of our colleagues about the year ahead, and the contribution frontline social leaders make every day whilst there are so many challenges within the system. By Dr Jane Brightman, Assistant Director of Programmes – System Reform, NHS Transformation Directorate “I’m […]
READ MOREVic Rayner OBE receives an Honorary Professorship at City, University of London
Vic Rayner OBE has been awarded an honorary professorship at City, University of London, where My Home Life England is based. A widely-respected expert in the field of care, Rayner is CEO of the National Care Forum (NCF), the leading association for not-for-profit care providers. Rayner also contributes to multiple strategic groups with a focus […]
READ MOREIntergenerational Linking videos from Sefton, Bury & Leicester
Care Home Friends and Neighbours: Intergenerational Linking is our national social action project that’s linking young people aged 5-14 from schools and youth groups with older people living in care homes. It’s currently the biggest intergenerational project with care homes in England! Younger and older people have come together in lots of different, creative […]
READ MOREQuality Improvement Activity at St Bartholomew’s Court Nursing Home
‘A New Dining Experience’ On 30th March 2022, Michael Dutton, Deputy Matron of St. Bartholomew’s Court Nursing Home attended a Quality Improvement (QI) workshop as part of the My Home Life England Leadership and Development Programme for Knowsley Care Home managers. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) are increasingly looking for evidence of quality improvement as […]
READ MOREWorld Alzheimer’s Day 2022 – supporting people living with dementia to communicate
This year, World Alzheimer’s Day 2022 has a special focus on post-diagnosis support. One of our Action Learning Facilitators, Danuta Lipinska, shares two recent anecdotes of how care home managers have used a specific My Home Life England tool – Photocards – to support people living with dementia to express themselves and to communicate their […]
READ MOREHow our programme can help learning
We are pleased to share this thoughtful piece written by Anna, a care home manager, who is participating in one of our programmes at the moment. Anna used her experiences from her MHLE programme to help her think about and evidence her Nursing Continuous Professional Development (CPD). What was the nature of the CPD […]
READ MOREWorking with Care Home Leaders to Support Integration at Place (Sefton)
A case study from My Home Life England and Sefton Council Summary This short article describes how a group of care and health leaders have developed new ways of working together at place. The people involved have worked together, built new collaborations and created space to build on the positive practice that occurs every day […]
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