Our Anne’s Law project team is developing resources to help services support visiting and meaningful connections as the Anne's Law legislation is being prepared. Here are the latest resources to be made available.
Factsheets
These factsheets were created to accompany our recent Meaningful Connection webinars.
- Including family carers as partners in care
- Supporting meaningful connection and why it is important for people
- Supporting positive peer relationships for people who live in care homes
- A human-rights based approach including the Health and Social Care Standards
Report on engagement visits
We have published a report of the findings from our engagement visits to care homes. Many thanks to those who supported our visits and gave their time to talk to us – it is much appreciated.
Report on findings from a consultation with care home staff
We have published a report on findings from a consultation with care home staff. We sought views from staff working in care homes for adults and older people about opportunities they had to support people with meaningful connection, and how confident they felt to do so. This was to supplement the data gathered during our engagement visits to care homes, and to further enhance our understanding of what mattered to staff working in care homes, allowing us to consider their perspectives and experiences as we co-create future guidance.
Feeling welcome – door codes
Families and friends of people who live in care homes have told us about some of the things they value in terms of feeling welcomed and included. Many regular visitors, as well as people who live in care homes, felt it was important to have the door entry codes to enable them to come and go freely. This should be encouraged by services and any barriers and challenges addressed, so people can be supported effectively.
Care home poster
Our Do you live in a care home poster is for care services to display and explains that people living in adult and older people’s care homes have the right to visitors and to go out if they wish. Services should support this and not put barriers or restrictions in place even if there is an outbreak of an infectious disease, such as covid, norovirus or flu.
Find out more about Anne's Law
The above information is from Care Inspectorate Care News Thu 28/09/2023
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