Care Inspectorate podcasts

Infection prevention and control

Barbara Lawson and Marie McKerry (Care Inspectorate Chief Nurse) look at some of the considerations around infection prevention and control, and why essential visiting is important.  

 

Useful links:

National Infection Prevention and Control Manual

The Care Inspectorate - Meaningful connection webpage 

Scottish Government - Open with Care 

New Health and Social Care Standards 

Public Health Scotland 

Connecting with dementia

Sheri Kerr and Gareth Hammond Care Inspectorate Service Manager highlight some considerations around supporting people living with dementia in a care home to remain connected.  

 

Useful links:

Care Inspectorate - Meaningful connection webpage 

Care Inspectorate - Enriched model of psychological needs poster 

Care Inspectorate - Come on in 

The Hub - Guide for providers on personal planning for adults 

The Hub - Dementia 

The Bradford Wellbeing Profile  

The Kings Fund - Is your care home dementia friendly? 

Scottish Government - Coronavirus (COVID-19): living with dementia in care homes 

What our inspectors are looking for

Sheri Kerr and Barbara Lawson explore what inspectors in adult services would look for when considering care and support around meaningful connection.  

 

Useful links:

The Hub - A quality framework for care homes for adults and older people 

The Hub - Health and Social Care Standards 

The Hub - Improvement support section  

The Hub - Guide for providers on personal planning for adults 

Meaningful connection - Self-evaluation tool

How inspection supports connection

Barbara Lawson, Sheri Kerr and Marie Paterson (Chief Inspector for Adults Regulation at Care Inspectorate) discuss the values of connection and how the inspection process and ways of working support this.

 

Useful links:

Care Inspectorate - Meaningful connection webpage 

Meaningful connection - Self-evaluation tool

The Hub - Improvement support section

The Hub - A quality framework for care homes for adults and older people  

Scottish Government - Open with Care  

New Health and Social Care Standards 

Webinar on family carers as partners in care 

Factsheet to accompany webinar on family carers as partners in care

A family carer’s perspective

Sheri Kerr is joined by Catharine Fletcher, who is a family carer and Care Inspectorate volunteer. Catharine shares her experiences and gives her views on what is important.  

Useful links:

Care Inspectorate - Meaningful connection webpage 

Person-centred personal planning

Barbara Lawson and Sheri Kerr discuss the importance of person-centred personal planning and how this can support meaningful connection. 

Useful links:

The Hub - Health and Social Care Standards 

The Hub - Guide for providers on personal planning for adults 

The Hub - A quality framework for care homes for adults and older people

Care Inspectorate - Come on in 

Mental Welfare Commission - Rights, risks, and limits to freedom

Ken’s story

Barbara Lawson, and Ken Graham who moved into Glennie House Care Home during the pandemic. He shares his story and what is important to him to remain active as someone living in a care home.  

Useful links:

Guide for providers on personal planning 

The Hub - Care about physical activity

Getting out and about

Barbara Lawson and Louise Kelly from the Care About Physical Activity (CAPA) project discuss the importance of getting out and about to support wellbeing and connection. They explore ways to connect with nature, becoming aware of the seasons, the benefits of bringing the outside into the care home and including intergenerational opportunities.  

Useful links:

Care Inspectorate - Care about Physical Activity 

Trellis Scotland

Paths for All 

Supporting loss

Barbara Lawson and Jenny Karimlar manager from Glennie House Care Home, explore death and dying and how services can support people living in care homes with the loss of a peer.  

Useful links: 

Guide for providers on personal planning for adults 

Anticipatory care planning guidance 

Positive peer relationships

Barbara Lawson and Sheri Kerr look at what research tells us about positive peer relationships in care homes, how services can create a culture of connection to enable friendships through intentional practices, such as know your neighbour, lounge and meal experiences, and how some barriers can be overcome through thoughtful personal planning and consideration.  

Useful links: 

Care Inspectorate - Meaningful connection webpage

Meaningful connection - Literature review

Meaningful connection - Engagement report

Webinar on positive peer relationships 

Factsheet to accompany webinar on positive peer relationships

The Kings Fund - Is your care home dementia friendly?  

Health and Social Care Standards 

Guide for providers on personal planning for adults

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 

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