It's one month until World Occupational Therapy Day 2023! 💚🥳 The theme this year is 'Unity through Community', highlighting how occupational therapists collaborate with others to support individuals to be part of their communities. Find out more: loom.ly/dtAxoVQ

Important reminder from Wendy Cope ❤️

Less than 1 week until our FREE #dementia forum webinar! 6th November: 8-9pm Featuring Jackie Pool and some great networking and content! Members check your emails for details of how to join!

Less government talking, more action, before it’s TOO LATE More early intervention, before it’s TOO LATE Shorter waiting lists, to reach/support young people, before it’s TOO LATE More compassion, less chastisement will save lives, before it’s TOO LATE #TheFightForYoungLives

Looking for a sessional Occupational Therapist to join our team probably 2 days per week. Experience in addictions/mental health preferred. Apply via Indeed or email [email protected] Appreciate any retweets

Fascinating watch. I look forward to hearing more about this in the future youtu.be/snRCIKHnZWg?si…

If you're a health and social care professionals this free introductory course 9th April will highlight the impact of sight loss for people living with dementia. rnib.org.uk/events-and-cou… via @rnib

Conversations about trust at work often focus on the relationship between leaders & their teams. As (or more) important is trust between team members. Research with 1,000 workers identified five trust-based behaviours that set the highest performing teams apart. These teams: 1)

The next NHSL NextGen Careers Information Event will take place, in person, at the Medical Education & Training Centre, Kirklands Hospital, Bothwell on Tuesday 26th March '24. This will be a DROP IN event (no tickets required 🙌) between 4pm - 7pm. More details to follow..

Perfectly put. I am going to pin this to the top of my feed as it’s such an important message. Let’s all find that new way to stay connected 🥹

Please share widely and pop along and see us there

Some pre course reading 😄☕️

I want to bring VR into our EIP service for so many reasons but it's the first technology which has made me feel old - I don't understand it instinctively enough to be confident about how to roll it out #RCOTMHSS24

Meeting Centres Scotland  has been officially launched to promote community-driven dementia care.  Scotland now has 19 Meeting Centres that aim to increase confidence and wellbeing for people with dementia and their families. Read more here: journalofdementiacare.co.uk/meeting-centre…

Check out our poster for details about our Afternoon Cup OTea event 🍰🧁🫖 #OTea Royal College of Occupational Therapists Link below to register ☕️

It was a pleasure to learn from each other this morning and create links with staff from the Lanarkshire falls prevention service. Thanks for being such great participants and I look forward to future working to create positive outcomes for service users.

We all look back over your career and think about the managers or leaders that you have had? The good and the bad We should strive to be the manager that people remember, for the right reason! We spend most of our time at work… let’s not make our employees time miserable

Register now to join the conversation Connecting Carers to Support - including lived experience perspective & AHP roles to support family carers tinyurl.com/mr3au886 AHPDementia Prof Elaine Hunter NDCAN NESnmahp Age Scotland Dementia Alzheimer Scotland Centre for Policy and Practice

Carers: As we age, we need around three times more light. By improving lighting in a loved one’s homes, you can help maintain their abilities, reduce risks such as falls, and help the person make better sense of their environment. Automatic sensor lights can be helpful.

Great to be part of this and recognise the importantance of #carers in all we do when supporting those living with #dementia Caroline Gasiorowski Sarah Caslake