Fantastic work Frances Duffy So important to support the psychological wellbeing of our care home staff and residents beyond the pandemic Clare Winter 💙💚 Marina Palomo

Very proud of Megan Holden from Durham and Darlington Care Home Liaison Hub for being highly commended in the #tewvstar awards Tees, Esk & Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust. Brilliant work implementing Playlist for Life and developing non-pharmacological prescriptions for our patients 👏

A fitting finale for an innovative service, leading a CQC National Day of Reflection with Care Home Managers from Durham & Darlington last week, being recognised as a great example of cross sector working Tees, Esk & Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust Care Quality Commission Durham County Council

A privilege to join the national Trauma Informed Community Conference today. angela kennedy and Sam Allen 💙 setting the scene and challenging us all to unlock the power of communities to lever change. #TICAConf23

An inspirational day at the national Trauma Informed Community Conference #TICAConf23 with leaders modelling the value of lived experience and collaboration angela kennedy

Thank you @alz_daughter for sharing this wonderful moment of joy and connection with your Mum. This is a great example of what recovering the person can look like. Everyone living with dementia needs a personal music playlist 🎶 Playlist for Life

Thank you for an inspiring #FPOPWALES2023 conference FPOP. Great to see the contributions of Clinical Associate Psychologists (CAPS), including Megan Holden Tees, Esk & Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust sharing our work on non-pharmacological prescribing for behaviour that challenges in dementia.

Great to have the opportunity to present our service evaluation of non-pharmacological prescribing and connect with inspiring colleagues #UKDC2023 #tewv #OTWeek2023 Dementia Community

Thought-provoking session from Sally Knocker at #UKDC2023, starting with simple questions about foods from childhood, leading to discussions about important people and places, wellbeing and identity

Impactful Kitwood Memorial Address from @clairesurr at #UKDC2023. Quick, cheap, generic training that covers everybody and ticks a box does not work. The "what works" study tells us what does

Helpful insights from Rachael Kelley and Nicky Taylor Leeds Beckett and George Rook DEEP UK at #UKDC2023 on meaningfully involving people with lived experience of dementia as expert advisors in research

Clear and practical guidance from our experts by experience on how we talk about dementia. Language matters. Thank you for my copies from #ukdc2023. I have shared them with our team Tees, Esk & Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

Brilliant work Sally Magnusson and all of the wonderful team Playlist for Life Mamie would be so proud 👏

Love this. Dying safely by maintaining identity and meeting needs for respect and control 👑 Thank you to our late monarch for modelling this and for your wise explanation Kathryn Mannix

Thrilled to host Playlist for Life Train the Trainer Tees, Esk & Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust with Occupational Therapy, Nursing and Psychology colleagues from care home, inpatient and community teams sharing the power of personally meaningful music to improve the wellbeing of people living with dementia 🎶

Staff from community, care home and inpatient teams supporting older people across Tees, Esk & Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust came together this week to do Communication and Interaction Training (CAIT) Trust Innovation Great to see the learning, connection, and collaboration between different professions and teams

Great to see existing FPOP members and welcome Psychological Professionals working with older people across the #NorthEastFPOP region at our CPD and Networking Event, with presentations on outcomes, trauma, MHWPs, robotic pets and meeting the needs of FPOP members

Very proud of the Care Home Liaison Hub Tees, Esk & Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust winning in the Older People's Mental Heath and Dementia category positivepracticeinmh #MHAwards24 Innovation happens in MDTs. Thank you Angie and Tony for recognising that what Mental Heath staff teams do matters

Lovely animation about helping people to live the last part of their lives on their terms by using the language they choose. Patricia wants people to use the word 'dying' so that it looses it's harshness and can become part of 'living' #DyingMattersAwarenessWeek

Great to see our article on non-pharmacological prescribing in Care Home Liaison @tewv with Susannah Thwaites Megan Holden and our 8 Needs Model on the front cover Ian James FPOP. Thanks to Hester Bowers Teesside Psychology for your service evaluation work.