There is no doubt we, as a society, have an uneasy relationship with care homes. We might feel a host of emotions; anger, mistrust, fear, disappointment. This might arise out of what we read in the press or it may be because of what they represent to us as individuals. Given that the work of [...]
Alongside sending our Care Home Conversation packs to My Home Life care homes across the Nations, we have also launched the Big Care Home Conversation online Tree so anyone, anywhere can contribute to it.
We have just received their fabulous photo of Hays House “My Home Life Tree”, some of their staff have already filled in leaves and one of their chefs has even baked some shortbread leaves – her own recipe (but you can download ours here) to hang on their very inventive tree!
My Home Life were very excited to see their work be presented as part of the The Commission on Improving Dignity in Care public consultation on a report, which will form the basis of proposals for improvements in the delivery of care of older people in hospitals and care homes.
Why have a conversation about care homes?
There is no doubt we, as a society, have an uneasy relationship with care homes. We might feel a host of emotions; anger, mistrust, fear, disappointment. This might arise out of what we read in the press or it may be because of what they represent to us as individuals. Given that the work of [...]