Our CEO’s Latest Blog: When is a village not a village?
Dr Donald Macaskill blogs on the merits of ‘care villages’.
Dr Donald Macaskill blogs on the merits of ‘care villages’.
Some details on a recent busy programme of activities at the Kingdom Homes group in Fife.
At a recent conference I attended one of the speakers made a statement almost as if it was a fact that ‘the social care sector has a Luddite attitude to technology and digital innovation.’ When I’ve mentioned that sentence to a few others they have confessed some agreement with his
Prevention is the best care: the potential of prevention In almost every strategy on health and social care in Scotland which you come across these days the two concepts of ‘prevention’ and ‘self-management’ are likely to appear somewhere. They are the aspirational essence of the modern health and care economy.
Let’s make 2018 the Year of Social Care In one of the most famous broadcasts since the start of radio, George VI used the words of the poet Minnie Haskins to start the New Year in 1939 ‘And I said to the man who stood at the gate of the
CEO Dr Donald Macaskill comments on the issues raised in the latest report from Sue Ryder.
The Third National Dementia Strategy has been published by the Scottish Government.
On our #workforce day during #carehomeweek17, Gail Melville blogs on her role and the impact of participation and engagement for residents at Balhousie Lisden Care Home.
Mental health and services for older people – our research plans.
A new blog by CEO Dr Donald Macaskill, exploring the use of language relating to older people
Fitness to Practise (SSSC)
The SSSC are one of our partner organisations who will be holding an interactive session at the Care Home Conference, working through case scenarios to consider the issue of Fitness to Practise with particular focus on the new revised SSSC Codes of Practice for workers.
The new Mental Health Strategy will be published in late 2016. It follows a four-year strategy that ran from 2012 to 2015. The new Strategy will cover a 10 year period.
In July 2015 the UK Government announced its plans to introduce a UK wide Apprenticeship Levy from April 2017.
This consultation sought views on options for the use of Apprenticeship Levy funding being transferred to the Scottish Government.
The worst secrets are truths not shared. A blog on SDS and related matters by CEO Dr Donald Macaskill.