Perthshire care home residents benefit from activity programme.
Residents at Dalweem Residential Home in Aberfeldy are benefiting from a Care Inspectorate improvement programme to boost physical activity for older people.
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Care Inspectorate backs International Women’s Day
The Care Inspectorate is today backing International Women’s Day.
It follows an announcement from Scotland’s First Minister that she will run the ‘First Mentor’ opportunity again this year.
First Mentor is a joint initiative between the Scottish Government and Young Scot to offer one young woman aged 18 to 23 the opportunity to be mentored by the First Minister for a year. Those shortlisted for the opportunity will have the chance to take up another mentorship through the Scottish Chambers of Commerce.
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Reducing pressure ulcers in care homes
Pressure ulcers are an unwanted complication of illness, severe physical disability or increasing frailty.
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Strategic planning of health and social care in North Lanarkshire
The health and social care partnership in North Lanarkshire is laying down “strong foundations” to support more integrated working, inspectors have found.
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Blog: Improving people’s experiences of care is not an aspiration, it is a reality
By Edith Macintosh, Head of Improvement Support
The innovator W Edwards Deming said: “Learning is not compulsory; it’s voluntary. Improvement is not compulsory; it’s voluntary. But to survive we must learn.”
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