Is there a ‘life beyond death? The role of synthetic resurrection in bereavement.
It isn’t often that there is a happenstance coming together of events – on the 2nd to the 8th December next week we will mark National Grief Awareness Week and […]
Care at Home & Housing Support Awards 2025 – Entries Now Open!
Submissions are now open for the 2025 National Care at Home and Housing Support Awards!
Partners for Integration: Influencing Change: Inform, Collaborate, Innovate – Event Flash Report
Event Report from the latest Partners for Integration Event on ‘Influencing Change: Inform, Collaborate, Innovate’.
Media Release: ‘A Budget That Cares’
A Budget That Cares’ – Urgent Action Required to Support Scotland’s Social Care Sector.
Stir Up Sunday: mixing together the future of social care in Scotland.
Well winter has well and truly arrived in the past week. Chatting to care providers in parts of Scotland they have been reflecting to me the struggles of staff getting […]
Revolutionising Care: Ethical Commissioning Report Launch at the Scottish Care Home Conference 2024
Scottish Care is proud to announce the launch of its latest research report, Ethical Commissioning for the Independent Sector: Rights, Respect and Redistribution.
Care Home Awards 2024 – Winners Announced!
Winners revealed for the 2024 Scottish Care National Care Home Awards 2024.
Visible, Viable, Valued and Visionary: the imperative of social care in Scotland.
There is never a dull moment in the world of social care in Scotland. In the past week we have ongoing debate about the National Care Service culminating in the […]
Media Release: Impact of UK Budget on Social Care Employers in Scotland
Impact of UK Budget national insurance announcements on social care employers in Scotland.
Flexibility and innovation: the future of remote and rural social care in Scotland: a thought piece.
In a previous blog I mentioned that I had had the privilege of visiting Australia where I had the opportunity to meet with and discuss the challenges of delivering aged […]
The keening of hurt : why raw emotion needs to have a place in grieving.
A week ago yesterday I was privileged to be delivering a session at the annual conference of the Australian Community and Care Providers Association in Adelaide. My theme was whether […]
Briefing Paper: Potential Implications of the UK Employment Rights Bill’s on social care in Scotland
Scottish Care has published a briefing to guide members on the potential effects of the UK Employment Rights Bill on Scotland’s social care sector.
Scottish Care Autumn Bulletin 2024
This year’s Autumn Bulletin is now available online!
Briefing Paper: Key Impacts of the 2024 Autumn Budget on Social Care in Scotland
Briefing Paper: Key Impacts of the 2024 Autumn Budget on Social Care in Scotland
Taking Party Politics out of health and social care reform: lessons from Australia.
This past week I have had the privilege of being a guest of the Australian Aged Care Providers Association. As well as being able to take part in speaking and […]
Moving the Needle – a human rights-based -approach to Infection Prevention and Control in Care Homes.
Today is the last day of International Infection Prevention and Control Week. It’s a week which has been centred on its theme which this year is “Moving the Needle on […]
Finalists Revealed for the 2024 Care Home Awards!
We are excited to announce that the finalists for the 2024 Care Home Awards have been selected!
The natural gift of caring: a reflection on environmental approaches to care and support.
I’ve mentioned quite a few times over the years about how restorative and important nature is for me, whether that be the countryside or hills, or more recently having the […]
Are we upholding the human rights of older Scots?
It’s been an interesting week where the answer to that question might be both a yes and also a no. Indeed, in the opinion of the Sacha Deshmukh, the chief […]