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Residential Care Homes
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If you require a separate list of 'CQC Registered Home Care Provision' please contact us at livewellyork@york.gov.uk.
Care Home Resident Engagement Initiatives
York Cares
York Cares is a partnership of the city's leading employers committed to making York a better place through employee-volunteering. York Cares offers a number of activities to engage employee-volunteers, enabling them to make a difference in their local communities. Through the Social Connections programme, employee-volunteers can deliver a number of activities to contribute to the wellbeing of older people in York. Activities include:
- Catch up calls: employee-volunteers provide a weekly call to a vulnerable older person who would benefit from a regular phone call and the opportunity to have a chat.
- Pen Pals: employee-volunteers exchange regular letters with an older person to help them to stay connected.
- Tea and Technology: employee-volunteers offer over the phone technology support, helping older people to master the skills to use video calling, social media, online shopping etc and helping them stay connected with their friends and families and access services remotely.
- Seasonal parties: employee-volunteers host a party at your care home or independent living community, delivering activities and providing seasonal treats. Please note that seasonal parties will not be happening whilst social distancing measures are in place.
If you or someone you know would benefit from any of these activities please email info@yorkcares.co.uk for information on how to get involved.
Living 4 Moments
Living 4 Moments is a specialist consultancy, which aims to raise the standards in care homes by focusing especially on health and wellbeing. Our primary objective is to enable residents of nursing care homes, residential care or their own home to enjoy meaningful and engaging moments with others. We support homes to meet individual aspirations effectively and to celebrate people’s talents/interests enabling them to live life with purpose.
In addition to our focus on health and wellbeing we provide practical support with:
- Care plans workshops
- Care plan audits
- Risk assessments
- Communication
- CQC preparation
Free Training for professionals and volunteers working in York:
Brief conversations about alcohol – City of York Council
Calendar of National Awareness Days and Campaigns
Please visit the NHS website to view the NHS Calendar of National Health and Wellbeing Awareness Days and Campaigns.
Funding Opportunities
If you are looking for funding opportunities, or to signpost a community group, then you could try:
Two Ridings Community Foundation
For support to the voluntary and third sector as well as social enterprises you can look at what is provided through:
Suggestions and Requests
If you feel that information across the Live Well York website could be useful in a particular format as part of your role as a practitioner please make a request by email to livewellyork@york.gov.uk