Introduction to International Dysphagia Diet Standardisation Initiative for Food Texture
Introduction to IDDSI for food textures delivered by local health care professionals.
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Bringing generations together
The Care Inspectorate is encouraging care services across Scotland to bring together younger and older people for everyone’s benefit.
A new resource full of good practice examples is being launched to give care services ideas on how to bring generations together in a variety of care settings in a way that improves the quality of their lives.
Services for children, young people and some adults in Scotland
Fewer children and young people are being placed in foster care, independent residential school care and secure care services in Scotland, according to a new report.
But at the same time, there has been an overall increase in children placed in care home services, the Care Inspectorate has said.
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Personal Outcomes Network Meeting - Register Now!
The next Personal Outcomes Network meeting is on Thursday 28th February 2019, from 9.30am till 3.30pm in Fifteen Ninety Nine at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, 232-242 Street, Vincent Street, Glasgow G2 5RJ. The theme for this meeting will be ‘Personal outcomes and planning with the person’… whether we call this personal, care or support planning.
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NHS Tayside update their care home MUST management guidelines
NHS Tayside update their care home MUST management guidelines.
Staff are requested to calculate MUST scores as normal but the guidelines give clearer information on the actions that care staff should when a MUST score is one or two.
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