CareHomeLifeStyle Podcast Series
CareHomeLife supplies medical and housekeeping products and solutions to private care homes throughout the UK. In these extremely difficult times, the Social Care sector is facing into pressure like never before. Our CareHomeLifeStyle series of podcasts aim to motivate, educate and illuminate the care home sector by sharing experiences, wisdom and advice from accomplished professionals with their own stories to tell. Guidance that could make a difference to you as an individual working within the industry, and the culture of your care home.Our intention is to keep sharing positivity and light with the industry, and all those connected to it.
CareHomeLifeStyle Podcast Series
Episode 3: Creativity in Care Settings with Alex O'Toole
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CareHomeLifeStyle Team
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Season 1
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Episode 3
In this episode we get an opportunity to speak to Alex O’Toole and hear about the importance of using creativity in care settings and how it helps people to feel better about where they are, finding wonder in their environment. Alex goes on to explain how plant therapy can assist in recovery from illness and encourage individuals to remember times spent in nature. Of the many projects Alex has been responsible for delivering, she chose to finish with an eye on the future and shares a project that investigated what the future will look like for older people, from a young person’s viewpoint.