A Meaningful Life
Latest articles and thoughts from Meaningful Care Matters

Toxic positivity is a demotivator
“Everything worthwhile in life is won through surmounting the associated negative experience. Any attempt to escape the negative, to avoid it or quash it or

Creating reasons to go out
During the pandemic, many of us who have spent long periods at home will relate to the mixed feelings about going out and about again

People, our greatest asset
I hear all too often about the shortage of skilled staff working within the health and social care sector. Sadly, this is a reality internationally.

Appreciating our people
Without a doubt, the success of a team rises or falls on the people who make up that team. Of course, there are other factors

‘Don’t come to me with just the problem. Come to me with the problem and an idea of how to fix it.’
What’s the best advice you’ve been given from a manager or leader? The above wise words were given to me by my manager in my

The yellow brick road – bringing the outside in?
At MCM we are all for brightening up hallways and other communal areas, to make them feel more familiar and homely. Anything is better than