Latest on the Elise Pilkington Libraries in Care Homes Project

The first year of the Elise Pilkington Libraries in Care Homes project is drawing to a close and the results have been very positive. So much so that the project is hoping for funding to carry on and extend their work in 2010.

In partnership with Methodist Homes for the Aged, Innovations in Dementia and The Mrs Pilkington Charitable Trust, Pictures to Share have been instrumental in trialling small library units within five MHA care homes. These small library units are sited in care home lounges and staff take part in training in how to encourage the use of suitable books with people with dementia.

The libraries have been well used and both staff and residents have seen many positive outcomes from the project. A full report will be presented at the Congress of Dementia Care in Harrogate in early November 2009. This report will be available on this website following the conference.