Homecare Festival – recordings available for purchase
Session recordings for the Homecare Festival are now available for purchase.
Transition from student to qualified nurse – October Nursing Blog
Latest nursing blog from our Transforming Workforce Lead.
Communications for Social Care Workers – Travel
A communication has been put together to answer queries from social care workers regarding travel since the new restrictions were announced.
Draft Care Homes Digital Action Plan – Engagement Process
The Digital Response Care Homes Group has produced a draft Care Homes Digital Action Plan.
Care home visiting: the keeping of promises in winter: a personal reflection.
In the week that has passed one thing has dominated my conversation and consideration – care home visiting. On Monday the Cabinet Secretary published Guidance which amongst other things extended […]
Announcement on updated adult care homes visiting guidance – 12 Oct 2020
Including Scottish Care statement re. the updated guidance on visiting in adult care homes
Help shape the delivery of COVID-19 vaccination to social care staff
NHS Scotland want to speak to frontline social care staff as part of research to inform the delivery of a future COVID-19 vaccination to social care workers.
Palliative humanity: living through dying a blog for World Hospice and Palliative Care Day
When the story of the pandemic is finally written I hope that one of the chapters in that tome will be the recounting of how as individuals and as a […]
News release: Scottish Care’s Care at Home & Housing Support Awards 2020
News release: Scottish Care’s Care at Home & Housing Support Awards 2020
Seasonal Flu Campaign launches today – 8 October
Seasonal Flu Campaign ‘Flu is Serious’ launches today – 8 October.
The invisible pandemic: the urgent need to renew homecare
If the weather allows this weekend I will hopefully escape the house and get into the garden to start to prepare the soil for the seasonal planting of bulbs. I’ve […]
Turning the world purple: a reflection for International Older Persons Day.
Today the 1st October marks the 30th Anniversary of the International Day of Older Persons. It is a United Nations event which focusses on continued age discrimination across the world and […]
‘Compassionate Poetry Week’: 1-8 October
As it is International Year of the Nurse and Midwife , in light of the pandemic, let’s use the first week of October (1st – 8th) to reflect through writing on what this has meant in the context of compassion for ‘Compassionate Poetry Week’.
200 days of emptiness, waiting and yearning: a reflection
On Monday it will be 200 days since March 12th/13th when the majority of Scotland’s care homes shut down in order to protect residents from the emerging threat of coronavirus. […]
Care Home Staff Testing Feedback on DHSC Portal
Feedback questionnaire on current DHSC system.
Finalists announced for Care at Home & Housing Support Awards 2020
We are delighted to announce our finalists for the Care at Home & Housing Support Awards 2020.
Scottish Care’s response to the Care Inspectorate’s enquiry report on care at home and housing support services during COVID-19
Scottish Care welcomes the Care Inspectorate’s enquiry report on care at home and housing support services during the COVID-19 pandemic, which highlights many of the issues that Scottish Care and […]
Scottish Care Statement on Care Home Visiting
Following yesterday’s announcement from the First Minister of additional restrictions, Scottish Care has issued a statement on how this affects care home visiting.
‘Getting the balance right’ – latest nursing blog
Nursing blog for the month of September.