Strengthened national guidance on visiting has improved residents’ quality of life, Health Secretary Michael Matheson MSP was told by staff and residents at a care home in Greenock. Find out more ➡️ow.ly/Jv3F50NKPTu

During our visit to Parklea Branching Out, Bagatelle's Lesley and Sheila were brave enough to have a go on the electric bike and enjoyed the experience very much.

Quote from one of our residents” I am 99 and never held a lamb before! I am so happy!”

Brilliant discussion at today’s Strategic Nursing Group & thank you @profalexmcmahon our #CNO Brand Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Andrea Wyllie QN 𝙺𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗 𝙷𝚎𝚍𝚐𝚎 💚 Just a care home girl KATY JENKS QN Caroline Deane 💚

Happy #IND23 remembering we are all nurses just working in different fields, Just a care home girl Jaime McNab QN Derek T Barron RMN FQNIS 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @YSManson1 Andrea Wyllie QN

We would like to recognise and celebrate the hard work and commitment of all our nurses on this special day. Your professionalism, compassion and selfless acts of kindness are what make each and every one of you special. #IND23

When will you realise Humza Yousaf Michael Matheson MSP Scottish Government if the independent care home & home care sector crashes and it’s getting way too close ..then so will the Office of the Chief Executive NHSScotland

A clinical role in care homes or losing my clinical skills? dtbarron.wordpress.com/2023/07/11/a-c…

Great opportunity for nurses working in social care. Please share QNIS Scottish Social Care Nursing Network🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

A wee peek at 4th Edition of the Social Care Nurses Journal- due to be published in the next few weeks. Working to get this ready, lots of interesting information Derek T Barron RMN FQNIS 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @YSManson1 Just a care home girl KATY JENKS QN

Donald Macaskill delivers a summary of what's been a fascinating day, emphasising the distinctive role of social care nursing. Relational. Emotional. Community. Innovation. We need to be clear about what we bring. We meet people where they are #SCNursing24

Important pillars for #socialcarenursing that we need to be able to articulate Donald Macaskill #SCNursing24

Donald thanks all who have helped to make today's Social Care Nursing Conference a success, including all delegates, partners and speakers. When we champion social care nursing, we champion nursing 💙 #SCNursing24

So much to think about after #SCNursing24 ,finally back home & fuelling my further thinking with a takeaway! Thanks to all Scottish Care for a great day discussing future care planning, assisted dying, AWI, staff development, the value of #socialcarenurses and much more!

Proud to be a #queensnurse & a career #carehomenurse - 22yrs! Always a strong advocate for personhood, for ensuring all residents in care homes are seen & respected. My poster this evening, illustrated the importance of #namaste care for those living with advanced dementia.

#carehome #queensnurses discussed the need to ensure our voices, nurses working directly in social care, are heard in all decisions on policy & practice concerning care homes. @YSManson1 Andrea Wyllie QN Lesley-Ann Wylie RN QN Ashley Kvasiliene QN Anne Armstrong

12 mins well spent on why valuing #socialcarenursing is so important. If I had my time again to choose an area of nursing then I would choose social care nursing all over again! #personcentred #olderpeople #positiveattitudeonageing Scottish Care

Never underestimate the journey of an unpaid carer as their loved one moves into a care home. They have likely had their own needs set aside, probably been ignored by professionals & had to fight for the rights of both themselves & their loved one... that's trauma.

Morning folks. Please take a look at this letter, which includes my signature on behalf of Erskine Veterans Charity , to Rachel Reeves. I bet lots of you didn’t know that charities, delivering public sector care contracts, are already operating in the red. New #NIc could break us ❤️‍🩹

NeilMackay The Herald It is dire - and we have been saying this for a long time. Here’s an AI analysis that I asked for. Councils pay themselves much more than they allow for independent sector providers, per bedroom per day. I guess, because that’s the *actual* cost of care. There’s the problem…