The My Home Life movement embraces the opportunity to support each other and to share resources and examples of good practice.
The My Home Life movement embraces the opportunity to support each other and to share resources and examples of good practice.
The approach in Northern Ireland which incorporates quality improvement is a critical component to the success of the programme.
In the quality improvement component of the programme, we will work with our participants to develop a quality improvement initiative of their choice and one that is important to their residents and staff.
Below are some quality improvement initiatives carried out by previous My Home Life N.I. participants:
A sub-group working on an initiative to facilitate a more positive transition to life in a care home introduced a...
This is Me Now a new approach to maintaining the dignity and identity of residents with end–stage dementia and severe...
As shared decision making is difficult to achieve within the care home setting, one of the groups introduced a ‘Decision...
The sub-group of managers targeted the issue of community engagement and intergenerational contact within their homes.
A quality improvement initiative to improve the oral health of residents
Raising the profile of Care Assistants to aid staff recruitment.
Empowering care staff with new skills through training and development.
Improving the experience of various forms of transitions for residents and their families.
Designing and information booklet to help hospital staff choose the right care settings for their patients.
Upskilling care home staff in medication management.
Trialing several frameworks for improving staffing levels in relation to acuity and dependency of residents.
Highlighting the importance of meaningful activities for resident wellbeing.
Creating impactful tools that improve team communication.
Helping residents and their families to feel safe and reengineering processes for better efficiencies.
Supporting the development of staff and residents.
Creating personalised experiences for care home residents.
Co-designing the Family Involvement Induction Checklist.
Improving resident quality of life by adopting an integrated working approach.
Incorporating external and internal community in the care home setting.
