Blog: Dementia ambassadors are an incredible force for change
By Heather Edwards, AHP Consultant, Improvement Support Team (Portfolio: Dementia, Frailty and Palliative and End of Life Care)
There are almost 90,000 people living with dementia in Scotland and it is essential that we support each one of them to live the best quality life possible. At the Care Inspectorate we are committed to ensuring that quality of life for people is not limited due to lack of expectations of what it means to be an older person living with dementia.
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Four Seasons Improvement Workshop
In partnership with John Kirk, FSHC Director for Scotland and Victor Dewson, Regional Manager of FSHC, the Care Inspectorate Improvement Support Team (IST) led the largest external improvement support workshop to date, with around 70 delegates from FSHC attending from across Scotland.
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Progress review of services for older people in the Western Isles
Good progress has been made on improving services for older people in the Western Isles, inspectors have said.
The Care Inspectorate and Healthcare Improvement Scotland today published a progress review of services for older people after a joint inspection in March 2016 identified “significant weaknesses” in some aspects of performance by health and social care services in the area.
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Care Inspectorate Quarterly Statistical Summary Report - Qtr 1 (2018/19)
The Care Inspectorate Statistical Summary Report for Quarter 1 of 2018/19 have now been released. This presents data on the number of registered care services, new registrations and cancellations, complaints about care services and quality theme grades all by care service type and or service sector. This is updated on a quarterly basis.
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Infection Prevention in Care and at Home One Day Conference
Sunday 30 September 2018
Scottish Event Campus, Glasgow
The Infection Prevention Society is delighted to offer an Infection Prevention in Care and at Home One Day Conference. This one-day conference is tailored for those who work providing services for people in care and those receiving care at home.
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