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Meaningful Occupation woven into everyday care
An OT-led resource for care homes, helping teams create meaningful activity and participation
Developed from nearly six years of listening to and working alongside Activity Coordinators and care teams, Loom & Threads is designed to make planning easier, reduce preparation time and provide fresh inspiration — while keeping the person, rather than the activity, at the centre.
Using a whole-home approach we help care homes turn national guidance on meaningful occupation into everyday practice.
LOOM - The foundations that support meaningful everyday life such as identity, routines, relationships, roles, abilities, environment and choice.
THREADS - Practical ideas and opportunities that can be woven into everyday care to create connection, purpose and meaningful moments.
Each month begins with a small number of seasonal Threads. These provide flexible starting points that can be explored in many different ways according to residents’ interests, abilities, experiences and preferred ways of participating.
A Thread might lead to conversation, creativity, reminiscence, sensory experiences, practical activity, familiar roles, movement, social connection — or somewhere completely unexpected.
The aim isn’t simply to complete an activity and move on. It is to start the thread and see where the person takes it.
The Loom & Threads Approach
Connect
Connect
Connect
Sometimes meaningful participation begins simply with being part of something.
Connect offers gentle ways to engage through conversation, sensory experiences, memories and shared moments - helping people to feel included without pressure to actively take part.
Explore
Connect
Connect
Curiosity, choice and discovery can all create meaningful moments
Explore encourages people to investigate an idea in their own way - through discussion, reminiscence, objects, images, music, sensory prompts and opportunities to make choices.
Create
Connect
Elevate
Doing, making and contributing can support identity, purpose and a sense of achievement.
Create introduces practical opportunities to participate, make, arrange, prepare and build or contribute - with ideas that can be adapted to the individual and the support they need.
Elevate
Connect
Elevate
Deeper involvement can build on a person's interests, experience, skills and familiar roles.
Elevate provides opportunities to take an idea further - through greater involvement, responsibility, problem-solving, contribution or developing something over time.
What's included?
Your Loom & Threads subscription includes a new themed edition each month, together with supporting resources to help turn ideas into meaningful opportunities.
Each edition includes:
Digital magazine seasonal themed threads to help guide activity provision over the month.
Practical activity ideas and guidance to help staff get started.
Ready-to-use printable resources
Suggestions for adapting participation around different interests, abilities and preferences
Ideas for extending each Thread, helping one starting point develop into further opportunities throughout the day or week
Sensory, creative, social, practical and reminiscence-based ideas
Practical and safety considerations to support thoughtful delivery
Occupational Therapy perspective, encouraging staff to think about identity, choice, routines, roles, relationships, abilities and meaningful participation
Membership to the Loom & Threads network
Founder rate available for a limited time only
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