Care Inspectorate podcasts

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