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Pillars of care home wisdom
— [My Home Life project] | | Author(s) | Vern Pitt |
| Journal title | Community Care, issue 1795, 12 November 2009 |
| Pages | pp 30-31 |
| Source | www.communitycare.co.uk |
| Keywords | Care homes ; Quality of life ; Management [care] ; Standards of provision ; Projects. |
| Annotation | The My Home Life (MHL) project has established eight pillars of good practice that it is promoting among care homes: managing transitions into a care home; managing identity; creating community; sharing decision-making; improving health; supporting good end-of-life care; keeping the workforce fit for purpose; and creating a positive culture. This article looks examples of implementing these "pillars" in practice at four care homes. Tom Owen, Director of MHL, describes the project's bid to support improvements are care homes throughout the UK. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-091113203 A |
| Classmark | KW: F:59: QA: 583: 3E * |
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