Care Inspectorate podcasts

The chance to connect

Barbara Lawson and Dr Edel Roddy, My Home Life Facilitator, explore how meaningful connection can be enhanced by recognising opportunities to be present with someone, how connection can be enhanced for people living with advanced dementia.  

Tools and resources can help people recognise everyday opportunities to be present and capture the moment of connection and emotion. 

Useful links:

My Home Life Charity resources 

My Home Life Charity - A place in the fun 

My Home Life Charity - lingo of connection 

My Home Life Charity - rights made real 

Hearts and Minds 

Namaste Care 

New Health and Social Care Standards for care homes 

Care Inspectorate - Come on in 

Safe to visit

Barbara Lawson speaks with Andrea Wyllie (CEO of Greenock Medical Aid Society) to find out how visiting was introduced and supported during the pandemic. Andrea shares the background to the human rights-based approach that influenced and ultimately supported all care homes to enable safe visiting during this time of crisis.  

Useful links:

New Health and Social Care Standards for care homes 

Scottish care home team’s efforts to bring loved ones together during pandemic wins nursing accolade (qnis.org.uk) 

Open with Care: supporting meaningful contact in adult care homes – principles 

The right to connect

Sheri Kerr and Cathy Asante (Scottish Human Rights Commission) discuss the importance of a human rights-based approach and how this can support meaningful connection for people who live in care homes. 

Useful links:

Scottish Human Rights website 

Scottish Human Rights - Care about Rights 

European Convention on Human Rights 

Human Rights Act 1998 

Webinar - A human rights based approach including the Health and Social Care Standards 

Factsheet to accompany webinar on A human rights based approach including the Health and Social Care Standards 

Scottish Human Rights - Human Rights Based Approach 

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 

Human Rights Bill Scotland consultation 

Partners in care - including family carers

Barbara Lawson and Sheri Kerr focus on how family carers can be included as partners in care.  

Useful links:

Care Inspectorate - Meaningful connection webpage

Meaningful connection - Literature review 

Meaningful connection - Engagement report

Meaningful connection - Self-evaluation tool 

Webinar on family carers as partners in care

Factsheet to accompany webinar on family carers as partners in care

New Health and Social Care Standards for care homes

Guide for providers on personal planning for adults

Scottish Human Rights 

The road to Anne’s Law

Sheri Kerr welcomes Natasha Hamilton from Care Homes Relatives Scotland to share the background to the Anne’s Law campaign. 

Useful links:  

Meaningful connection factsheet 

Anne's Law petition 

Anne's Law consultation information 

Anne's Law consultation responses paper 

New Health and Social Care Standards for care homes 

Twitter – Care home relatives Scotland 

The impact of social isolation and loneliness

Barbara Lawson and Sheri Kerr introduce findings from their literature review on meaningful connection. This episode focuses on the impact social isolation and loneliness has on our physical, mental and emotional health and wellbeing.

Useful links: 

Meaningful connection - Literature review

Webinar on supporting meaningful connection

Factsheet to accompany webinar on meaningful connection 

What’s the Anne’s Law project all about?

Barbara Lawson and Sheri Kerr introduce this podcast series and what the Anne’s Law project is about, how this will support connection for people living in adult and older people’s care homes.  

Useful links:

Meaningful connection - Literature review

Meaningful connection - factsheet 

Meaningful connection - Engagement report