The following resources can all be used in a variety of everyday practice situations:
All About Me
Appreciative Feedback
Appreciative Inquiry Key Principles
Blueprint Collaborative Planning Resource
Caring Conversations
Community-in-Care-Homes-Questionnaire
Community Quality Cards
Emotional Touchpoints
Framework-to-learn-from-stories
Future in Care Homes CHIT-CHAT Papers
Heartfelt Cards
Human Rights in Care Homes Reflection and Conversation Resources– work of Dr Caroline Albequerque-Green
Human Rights Map
Iceberg Tool
Improving Experience
Insights into Me Print Version
Instant Delights
Key Card Questions
Knowing Me Knowing You Resource Booklet
Making Sense of It (Collaborative Sense Making Tool)
Language and its impact on culture
Observation as a learning tool
Positive Inquiry Tool
Pantoum Poem
Picture Knowing Me
Questions for Reflecting About Myself
Questions for Reflecting on How We Listen
Questions to Ask When Working in Groups
Reflections and Ripples
Senses Framework
Stories with Legs
Storytelling Resources
Trauma Trivia Joy
Unfolding Stories Tool
Visual Inquiry Tool
External resources related to Kindness
Other useful resources
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Useful Links
- MHL UK – My Home Life promotes quality of life for those living, dying, visiting and working in care homes.
- Scottish Care – represents the largest group of Health and Social Care independent sector providers across Scotland with over 400 members.
- Age Scotland – is an independently constituted Scottish charity, is the leading national authority on older people, age and ageing.
- Alzheimer Scotland – provides a wide range of specialist services for people with dementia and their carers. We offer personalised support services, community activities, information and advice, at every stage of the dementia journey.
- The Alliance – is led by its members who represent people living with long term conditions. They work jointly with a range of people and organisations, including people who live with long term conditions, unpaid carers, the third sector, the private sector, the NHS, local authorities and the Scottish Government.
- Care Inspectorate – are the independent scrutiny and improvement body for care services in Scotland.
- IRISS – promote positive outcomes for the people who use Scotland’s social services by enhancing the capacity and capability of the social services workforce to access and make use of knowledge and research for service innovation and improvement.
- Life Changes Trust – was created to drive real and meaningful improvement in the lives of young people with experience of being in care and people affected by dementia.
- Scottish Older People’s Assembly
- Skilled Workers, Skilled Citizens – Workforce Scotland