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‘Thank you everyone’: after 16 years, Rodney, who Lifeways supports, is discharged from psychiatric care!

Since his youth, Rodney’s spent much of his life in various long-stay hospitals.

Tragically, this meant he’d struggled to build consistent, lasting relationships with other people. And as a result of previous traumas, he presented with behaviours that challenge.

Kirsty finds a home of her own

Before coming to live at Barber Gardens, Kirsty knew exactly what she wanted – a home of her own!

For World Mental Health Day 2021 at Lifeways, #LetsGetOutside!

Did you know that each year, one in four people in England will experience a mental health pro

Lifeways' Abbeymoor residential service awarded high commendation at the Care Home Awards 2021!

A Lifeways residential service, Abbeymoor Neurological Centre, has been awarded a high commendation for Infection, Prevention and Control Care Home Awards 2021, which every year celebrates excellence and innovation across the UK’s care sector.

Why community settings, not private specialist hospitals, are vital for longer-term support

By Alac Pengelly, Lifeways’ Regional Operations Director for the South Region

“What can you offer the people you are assessing that we can’t?”

The private specialist hospital’s wood-panelled room seemed to quiver from its director’s booming voice. The year was 1993.

‘It’s about time I live my own way’: Kyle, 18, moves from specialist school to a purpose-built Lifeways supported living service in Sutton-in-Ashfield

Kyle, who’s 18 years old, made the transition this summer from his specialist school to Mulberry Lodge, a Lifeways supported living service for 14 adults in Sutton-in-Ashfield,