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Digital Safety Huddle Webinar – 27 August

Scottish Care is organising a follow-up webinar on the Digital Safety Huddle Tool. 

This will take place on Thursday 27th August at 12:15 PM. Derek Barron (Erskine) and the NES Digital Team will be available to do a demonstration on this tool and answer any questions you may have.

Care Home providers should have received an email from NES with invite to use the Safety Huddle Tool, if you haven’t received this email, please contact:

[email protected]

Please email with your name, role, email and the name of care home/group you are in or responsible for.

For online help and guidance please follow this link:https://learn.nes.nhs.scot/34427/turas-care-management-user-guides

This webinar is open to all care providers. Registration to this webinar is required. Please register here:

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5JZfgIdJQUmrfGtzSIatNQ

After you register, you will receive an email with details to join the webinar (subject to approval).

 

 

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Update on death in service indemnity cover – students on supernumerary placement

We have been made aware of an update relating to students on supernumerary placement in health and care settings.

In order to provide students and their families peace of mind at this time, the Scottish Government has confirmed that it will provide a temporary COVID-19 related death in service scheme to students of Higher Education Institutes on clinical placements in health and social care settings. This provides a single lump sum payment of £60,000 to the next of kin of any student of a higher education institute, should the worst happen.

The cover is now in place and further detail on the scheme will be circulated next week. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch via the CNOD Education mailbox: [email protected]

 

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Forthcoming UK IPC guidance for the remobilisation of health and care services

Please see letter below from Scotland’s CNO, CMO and National Clinical Director regarding the UK IPC guidance for the remobilisation of health and care services which is due to be published. The letter provides an overview of the key messages and outlines the Scottish Government’s expectations in terms of implementation.

CNO CMO NCD Letter_IPC remobilisation guidance COVID-19_14 August
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Alzheimer Scotland – Coronavirus resources

Alzheimer Scotland have been working to respond to the main concerns expressed by callers to their 24 hour Freephone Dementia Helpline (0808 808 3000) and now have a suite of resources on their website’s Coronavirus Information Hub (www.alzscot.org/information-during-coronavirus<http://www.alzscot.org/information-during-coronavirus>). A specific section provides information and resources for all those supporting people living with dementia in Scotland’s care homes.
 
A podcast developed by Helen Skinner, Alzheimer Scotland Dementia Nurse Consultant, (NHS Fife) and Yvonne Manson, Quality Care and Support Manager (Abbotsford Care) shares experiences and good practice in supporting the wellbeing of residents at this difficult time.
 
Family visiting to care homes is slowly being reintroduced beyond ‘essential visits’ at the end of life or to ease significant personal distress, in accordance Scottish Government Guidelines (first issued 25 June 2020). Helen and Yvonne have developed a further podcast to share experiences of the first phase of this reintroduction.
 
Both podcasts are accompanied by sample resources developed to facilitate best practice and have been also been produced as topic specific shorts for selective viewing. Future podcasts will follow the journey for staff and residents as progress is made into stage 3 and 4 of the Government’s ‘staged approach to visiting and communal activity in care homes’.
 
Links –
Covid-19: Supporting residents’ wellbeing in the care home setting https://vimeo.com/434410511 Shorts from this video:
 
  1.  Wearing Face Masks https://vimeo.com/434386043
  2.  Hand washing and infection control https://vimeo.com/434386477
  3.  Signs of coronavirus in older people https://vimeo.com/434388060
  4.  Keeping it normal and staying in touch https://vimeo.com/434388342
  5.  Social distancing and self-isolation https://vimeo.com/434389023
  6.  Supporting families and friends https://vimeo.com/434389469
  7.  Supporting staff and professional development https://vimeo.com/434390589
  8.  Testing for Covid-19 https://vimeo.com/434394940
  9.  Working in partnership https://vimeo.com/434395479
  10. Looking back – and finding support https://vimeo.com/434395695
 
Covid-19: Supporting phased family visiting in the care home setting https://vimeo.com/437143845 Shorts from this video:
 
  1.  First steps https://vimeo.com/438553397
  2.  Making it work for everyone https://vimeo.com/438556106
  3.  It’s still a difficult time https://vimeo.com/438556610
  4.  Together again https://vimeo.com/438557948
  5.  Keeping everyone safe https://vimeo.com/438559051
  6.  Friends reunited https://vimeo.com/438559515