National Museums Liverpool

Presentation by: Carol Rogers Executive Director Education and Visitors

National Museums Liverpool

National Museums Liverpool

House of Memories began in 2011 with a vision to create an innovative UK dementia awareness training programme for the health and social care workforce.

House of Memories promotes the need and value for compassion, respect and dignity in care to achieve better health and wellbeing, and support for people living with dementia.

The approach is the first of its kind in the UK: • Connects museums with health, housing

and social care settings. • Provides information and resources for

Family Carers. • Designed to enable greater

understanding of the value of a person’s history and life experience.

• Delivers an imaginative and accessible ‘whole community’ dementia awareness experience.

Content Interactive training day

for professional care

providers.

Information ‘Buddy

Day’ for Family Carers

Practical resources for

domiciliary, residential

and home settings

Free memory suitcase

loan service

Free digital memory

App

The Memory Toolkit

The House of Memories Buddy Day

This seven-day planner has been created to give you inspiration and practical ideas for memory activities at home, and ideas for trips out.

While we want you to get the most out of this planner, we do recognise the many challenges in trying out new activities. Whether you have 15 minutes each day or a couple of hours once a week, we hope you will find something that suits you and your family, and helps you stimulate the memories of the person you care for.

The Memory Suitcase

My House of Memories

Key Evaluation Outcomes •Increased awareness and understanding of dementia, and confidence in trying new approaches to dementia care.

•Skills development including listening, communication and empathy.

•Improved capacity for (individual and collective) critical and reflective practice.

•Improved knowledge, skills and access in relation to memory activities.

•Appreciation of creative and interactive training approach, and of the relevance and value of museums in dementia care.

•9,000 + participants (Liverpool, Bury, Salford, Sunderland, Newcastle, Birmingham, Leicester, Nottingham, Brighton and London).

“Its about caring for them and the life they once had, as well as caring for the condition and the effect it has on them” Participant 2013

New for 2015

• Additional memory suitcase themes representing diverse communities.

• National museum partners providing content for

My House of Memories digital App. • Roll out of regional ‘Buddy’ family carers programme. • Revised training day for Hospital Trusts. • Europe, Japan and USA museum and health care

engagement and collaboration.

Future Aspirations

•Establish National Museums Liverpool as the leading museum memory resource for people living with dementia.

•Embed House of Memories as a central training resource for the health and social care sector.

•Revised ‘train the trainer’ model available across the UK.

•Explore grant independence through new commercial opportunities.

“The House of Memories is an exceptional project…. It is fantastic that the cultural sector is involved in work on dementia; it is a great collaboration. The work is critically important in supporting our drive to create more dementia-friendly communities.” Norman Lamb MP: (Minister of State for Care and Support 2013)

Group Interactive

Recognition

•Winner National Institute of Adult Continuing Education 2014.

•Highly Commended: Alzheimer's Society's Dementia Friendly Awards 2014

•Winner Museums and Heritage Awards 2014: National Educational Initiative.

•Winner Innovate Dementia European Award (The World Health and Design Forum 2014)

•Shortlisted Northern Digital Awards ‘Best App’ 2015

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