On your own
Work a case like a set of flash cards: read the clues, rank the broken systems, then open the Case Closed card and compare.
- Bought one case or a set at a time
- Good practice for AITs and new leaders
- Pairs with Wren Learn
Individuals
CaseFiles · The Wrenfield Case Files
Every building has a mystery. Solve it as a team.
Cinematic, confidential-file mysteries set at the fictional Commons at Wrenfield. Teams open the envelope, line up the clues, and work out which systems broke, from the first domino to the last. Some answers are real wrongdoing, and some are systems. Nobody can assume either way.
The collection
A drawer full of cases.
Click a highlighted case to open a sample.
Available now In development · Pause by pointing at a row.
Three ways to use CaseFiles
Study alone, bring us in, or run it yourself.
Hire Valleray Group
Valleray Group runs the session at your conference, association meeting or company retreat, with every envelope, prop and sealed card.
- Rooms of 6 to 30 tables
- Continuing education sessions
- Facilitated debrief and share-outs
Associations, operators and conferences
Run it yourself
Print kits with a facilitator guide, so your own leaders can run a case at the next meeting.
- Department head meetings and retreats
- In-services, orientation and skills fairs
- Department staff meetings
Facilities and teams · pairs with Wren Work
How a case works
50 to 60 minutes. One envelope. No right-or-wrong lecture.
The facilitator never says "wrong." Any order a table can back with evidence is a strong answer.
- Open the envelopeA cold open on the front, and about 19 props inside: logs, notes, minutes, schedules, photos.
- InvestigateNo document names the cause. Tables line up times, logs and statements.
- The twistA sealed twist card opens at minute 20 with new information.
- Rank what brokeTeams name the broken systems, often several, from the first domino to the last.
- Case closedEvery table opens its sealed Case Closed envelope at the final bell and reads it together.
- Share and take homeA share-out card for the room, and the Monday Five to use back at work.
Small room · 6 to 8 tablesA linked case: each table holds one folder of the same mystery.
Big room · up to 30 tablesEvery table gets its own case. Five or six tables present; the rest post on the Lessons Learned wall.
Suggested 60 minutesWelcome 5 · solve 30 · share-outs 18 · wall and close 7.
Sample case
Open an envelope.
Read the cold open and the first few props of a finished case. The twist and the answer stay sealed, so the case still works if you play it later.
Sample only. Every person, place and record in CaseFiles is fictional.
The library
Explore the library.
Every case follows the same format: subtle clues, several broken systems layered together, a sealed twist, a sealed Case Closed card, a flexible answer key and a take-home.
CASE 001 Available now
The Blue Sweater
A resident with dementia says the night staff are stealing her clothes. The building keeps writing checks. Her granddaughter wants answers, not reimbursement.
19 props50–60 minutesAdministrators & AITsTeam edition planned
CASE 007 Available now
Ms. Haines at Dawn
6:52 a.m. A resident who is care-planned for wandering is found outside in her nightgown. Every safeguard was in place. So what broke?
19 props50–60 minutesAdministrators & AITsTeam edition planned
Branch A · Administrators
In development44master cases planned
Conference and CE rooms
Leadership mysteries an administrator can solve without nursing training: who knew what, when, and who owned it.
Off by OneThe Walk-In Is Light2:40 a.m.Room 114 Went QuietThe Missing $214,000The Ghost in the MachineBack Within 72 HoursOne Star at 11:47 p.m.
Branch B · Department head teams
In development12team cases planned
Department head meetings and retreats
Each department head gets a role folder with the clues only their department would have. Nobody can solve it alone.
The Survey Starts at 8:15Family Council RevoltBudget DayThe One-Star ReviewThe Mock Survey Nobody Passed
Branch C · CNA training
In development50cases planned
In-services, orientation and skills fairs
Run by the Staff Development Coordinator, built around everyday care on the floor.
Noticing and reportingFalls and safetyDignity, rights and abuseInfection controlFood, fluids and skinDementia and behaviorsTeamwork and privacy
Branch D · Department staff
In development60cases planned · 10 per department
Department staff meetings
Led by each department head, with a short in-service built in.
LaundryHousekeepingMaintenanceDietaryActivitiesFront Desk & Reception
Planned counts and titles may change as cases are built and reviewed.
Bring a case to your next meeting
Book a workshop, or get a kit for your team.
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