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Finding Nana

Read ‘Finding nana’ – a children’s book following Ella and her brother Jack as their nana moves into a care home, coming across characters along the way. The idea was brought to life in partnership with the Methodist Church, written by Jenny Bacon and illustrated by Sophie Parmenter.

How Finding Nana came to life

Launching Finding Nana

The children’s book project ‘Finding Nana’ was championed by the late Crispian Acher until his unexpected death in August 2023. Finding Nana now becomes Crispian’s legacy to MHA. These are his words telling the story of bringing Finding Nana to life.

A very easy and compelling read. The main and immediate discussion we had afterwards was, will Jess' nana go into a home? And the beauty of the book was that if she does, it hopefully won't be an unknown and frightening experience for Jess.

Kate - mum of Jess, aged 8 years old.
illustrations from the book Finding nana - an older lady sat in an armchair holding a baby

Order your copy of Finding Nana

Finding Nana is a unique, fictional story following Ellie and Jack as they discover what happens when Nana moves into a very special care home. 

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The best of care and support shines through this story.

Anna Dixon MBE, Chair of the Archbishops’ Commission on Reimagining Care and author of The Age of Ageing Better.