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Involving people who live in care homes in the creative arts can delight, inspire and even bring health benefits. Written in association with the National Activity Providers Association (NAPA), this resource offers care teams, including activity providers, many practical ideas on how to get started.
Part of e-Learning courses
Free dementia e-learning course developed to align with Tier 1 of the National Dementia Training Standards Framework, which is a requirement for all social care staff.
Part of Person-centred care
An action planning tool to help managers and owners of care homes for older people to build a shared understanding of what personalisation means and plan practical improvements to make your care home more personalised.
Part of Personalisation
This At a glance summary examines how residential care homes can engage with local communities and 'live and breathe' a culture that promotes personalised services.
Part of Person-centred care
These videos explore key aspects of personalisation, and feature a number of people reflecting on the importance of providing good person-centred care.
A film that shows older people with high support needs who live in a care home. They talk about what is important in their lives and how they like to be treated.
This video for older people care services and social workers, shows older people with high support needs who live in the community. They talk about what is important in their lives and how they like to be treated. It is based around the Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s A Better Life programme.
This briefing summarises the seven challenges set out by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s A Better Life programme which will help older people with high support needs achieve a better quality of life.
Part of Dementia
This film for health and care staff and managers highlights the importance of getting to know the person with dementia. Learning about their memories and experiences, understanding the person's history and their likes and dislikes. It won its category (Best factual new media) at the Older People Media Awards 2013.
Part of Dementia
This film for carers, people with dementia, social workers and care staff shows how simple changes to create a more dementia-friendly home environment can have a positive impact on a person living with dementia's emotional wellbeing and independence.
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