Workshops on new guidance on offering vitamin D supplements to eligible residents in adult care homes 14 December and 23 January
Dear colleagues
We are writing to invite you attend one of the workshops arranged by the Scottish Government for care homes and professionals who support care homes which will be held on Thursday 14th of December 2023 (3:00-4.30) and Tuesday 23rd of January 2024 (11:00-12.30) following the publication of the new Vitamin D guidance on 7th December. The joining links to the workshops are below.
Vitamin D is important for keeping bones and muscles healthy. Current advice is that everyone should consider taking a daily supplement of vitamin D, particularly during the winter months. However, groups at higher risk of vitamin D deficiency, including people living in care homes, are advised to take a daily supplement all year round.
Guidance to support care home staff in offering vitamin D to residents has been developed by Short Life Working group (SLWG) following calls from the care home sector around the need for guidance on implementation. The guidance materials were piloted in some care homes Ayrshire and Arran who reported an overall positive experience in offering vitamin D supplements to eligible residents.
The workshops will provide information on vitamin D, the findings from the pilot in Ayrshire and Arran, how to use the guidance to support conversations around vitamin D and there will be an opportunity to ask questions. The content of both workshops will be the same, so there is no need to attend both.
We look forward to welcoming you.
Thursday 14th December: 3:00-4:30pm
Click here to join the meeting
Meeting ID: 381 780 582 889
Passcode: zbMqkn
Or call in (audio only)
+44 131 376 2847,,122762797# United Kingdom, Edinburgh
Phone Conference ID: 122 762 797#
Tuesday 23rd January: 11:00-12:30pm
Click here to join the meeting
Meeting ID: 325 785 468 511
Passcode: evkMze
Or call in (audio only)
+44 131 376 2847,,1016923# United Kingdom, Edinburgh
Phone Conference ID: 101 692 3#
