Save the date: Partners for Integration Event – 8 October 2024
We’re excited to announce our upcoming Partners for Integration event, happening on Wednesday 8 October 2024 at the Renfield Centre in Glasgow.
Every picture tells a story: photographs and dementia on World Photography Day
I have always been fascinated and intrigued by photography, One of the first ‘big’ presents I got as a child was a simple camera. It was an Olympus Trip 35. […]
Working at inclusion: issues of race in social care.
The week just passed has been a bizarre and indeed sad one. At the start of the week, I was expecting to speak at an event yesterday which was a […]
Scottish Care Statement Stands Against Racism and Supports Affected Communities
In light of recent abhorrent violence in parts of the UK, Scottish Care stands united against all forms of racism, hate and xenophobia and condemns these actions in the strongest possible terms.
The poverty of holidays.
I travelled to and from Manchester at the end of this past week. As usual I went by train and to say the least the stations in Glasgow and Manchester […]
The illusion of partnership: what real collaboration looks like.
This was my first full week back at work since I took annual leave this summer and as is often the case I have been catching up on meetings and […]
Care Home Conference 2024: Tickets Now Available!
Get ready for the Care Home Conference 2024! We are thrilled to announce that tickets for the Care Home Conference 2024 are now officially on sale! This event will be […]
Scottish Care responds to Integration Joint Board Finance & Performance Report
Scottish Care’s statement on the Accounts Commissioner Report on the Finance & Performance Integration Joint Board.
Blog: Back to the Day Job – State of the Nation’s Care
Blog from our Policy Lead (Ethical Commissioning) on the State of the Nation’s Care.
Mental health supports for older people in Scotland: time to listen.
Samaritans Awareness Day is on 24 July and the following day sees National Schizophrenia Awareness Day. These are two important days in the mental health and awareness calendar and come […]
Winter Plan & Surge Planning Webinar with Scottish Government – 25 July
Winter Plan & Surge Planning Webinar with Scottish Government – 25 July 2024
Hidden in plain sight – alcoholism amongst older people in Scotland and its impact on social care.
It was Alcohol Awareness Week at the start of the month and during it I was reading some of the latest research and data on alcohol and older age in […]
The Power of ‘Thank You’ in Social Care
Whether it’s Efcharisto, Danke, Gracias, Merci, Takk or simply thank you – wherever those who can and choose to travel or holiday this summer doubtless most of us will learn […]
Care Home Awards 2024 – Open for Nominations!
We are now accepting nominations for the 2024 Care Home Awards.
I’ve held her inside every step of the way
I first knew Jane when we were both in our early twenties. She and her husband had just suffered a bereavement. Their little girl had contracted meningitis and had died […]
Social Care Nursing Conference 2024 – 4 September
The 2024 Social Care Nursing Conference, titled ‘Focused on the Future – Social Care Nursing’ will be taking place on Wednesday 4 September 2024 at St Paul’s & St George’s (Ps&Gs), 46 York Place, EH1 3HP in Edinburgh.
A nation of two halves: forgetting rural Scotland.
Yesterday I was pleased to take part in a Royal Society of Edinburgh session on the challenges facing those who live in rural and remote parts of Scotland as they […]
Save the date – Care Home Conference 2024
We are delighted to announce that our Care Home Conference is returning in 2024.
Social care in Scotland is traumatised: a personal reflection.
I have had some challenging and hard conversations and encounters in the last few days. Indeed, I would go so far as to say that they have been some of […]