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We are residents, families, volunteers, proprietors, care home managers, care staff, nurses, maintenance and handymen, laundry staff, chefs, commissioners, inspectors, members of the public, associated health and social care professionals and others with a shared interest in care homes for older people.

We believe that care homes for older people are everyone’s business. We care passionately about their future and about people’s quality of life in them.

We aspire to the My home Life vision for best practice in care homes, which is evidence-based and focuses on what we know residents, relatives and staff ‘want’ and ‘what works’.

We like the way the needs of older people are at the heart of the My Home Life Vision and value its focus on improving relationships within care homes, and between care homes and the outside world. We support the way My Home Life works in true partnership with care homes to deliver quality.

A collaborative initiative between Age UK, City University and Dementia UK; My Home Life works at multiple levels, from engaging with front-line workers to policymakers. It began as a small project to identify best practice and is now seen as a social movement for change across the UK.

My Home Life invites everyone to be involved: it is about ‘us’, not about ‘them’. Through research, consultation, leadership development and practical action, we are making a positive difference. Our outlook is to value rather than be judgemental.

We come together to inspire collective action. Together with you, we can help care homes to be great places to live, die, work and visit; places that are supported to deliver their potential and cherished by their communities for the vital role they play in caring for some of the oldest and most frail citizens in our society today.

We invite everyone who shares our vision to become part of My Home Life.

Add yourself to our facebook group:

www.facebook.com/groups/londoncarehomes

Sign up to our movement by emailing mhl@city.ac.uk!

We will keep you informed of events, tools and activities that are being created to help support best practice in care homes. We will also help you to connect and share ideas with each other.