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Welcome to a few of the new #carehomesQI team. A cross sector and cross discipline group supporting quality improvements in #carehomes

Reframing Social Care with @JonGlasby @ImpAdultCare. “Adult social care & residential care really matter – but they often get bad press" Stereotypes about those working in social care persist. Fragmentation & negativity don’t help – we need to change the narrative #CareHome25

Care Homes are where people can/should and do go to thrive and flourish until the last moments of their life @DrDMacaskill at #carehome25

Such important messages about good care at the end of life when someone is sick enough to die, from Dr Lucy Pocock @GeriSoc #bgsconf

#values have sustained the #socialcare sector, but it's not enough! External support, awareness and consideration is necessary - political & financial. #carehome25

More on the PREACH study: Prioritising Research through Engagement with older Adult Care Homes. buff.ly/UiB1qVa #BGSconf

Our CEO @vicrayner is speaking at @JDementiaCare Dementia Congress on 18th Nov where she will join a session looking at the challenges & successes in social care & dementia care today. Vic will share insights into the challenges & opportunities ahead for social care #UKDC2025

I am honoured and delighted to announce that I have been appointed to the role of Honorary Professor at the @UniWestScotland . I am looking forward to working with the University to further the role of #socialcare not least social care #nursing in Scotland. @scottishcare

It was great to hear inspiring speakers tell us about pragmatism in older people with frailty throughout the day. Robin Fackrell telling us Mrs Jones has “wonderful control” of HBA1C and BP, but can’t actually stand up without falling ! See @GeriSoc pragmatic prescribing guide 👇

Great to see our NAHPs and Trainees getting together and sharing ideas today. #BGSconf

So many people are good at using a magnifying glass to find fault in others...but they can't face looking in the mirror and seeing their own faults. Wouldn't life be better if we could accept that we all have faults and working together, we can strengthen each other. 🤔 #teamwork

Poignant opening to NES #bereavement conference as Mark Evans questions who has the right to feel the pain that grief brings. Who are the bereaved? 🤔

Our next webinar in partnership with @cmm_magazine will explore the long awaited Fair Pay Agreement for care workers. @NCF_Liz will be joined by some of NCF's #notforprofit care provider members & @DHSCgovuk who will discuss the FPA's impact on providers caremanagementmatters.co.uk/webinar/

We welcomed @UniofNottingham nursing students to Coppice Lodge for a session on communication in care 🧡 Residents loved sharing stories, and students gained valuable hands-on experience. A great day of connection and learning! #hcone #carehome #nursingstudent

#OpenAccess #ScopingReview "Exploring the Presence and Impact of Advanced Nursing Roles in Care Homes and Charitable Organisations: An International Systematic Scoping Review" by Siobhán Kelly, Claire Pryor, Melanie Stephens, Vanessa Heaslip onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ja…

"Integrated systems: Practical resources for age-attuned care" is a new project supporting you to make your healthcare systems frailty and age-attuned, providing high-quality care for older people. Click for tips, job descriptions, videos and more. buff.ly/Ncl6afz

Today on Remembrance Sunday, Erskine remembers the men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice, and we stand at the side of every Veteran and those currently serving.

The chair of the BGS Ethics and Law SIG, @runnermandoc, is in Westminster today giving evidence to the Terminally Ill (End of Life) Bill Committee on the impacts of the bill on older people. You can watch Martin live at 11:30 by following the link below. buff.ly/NPEej3k

#Grief affects #carehome staff. The #loss of characters & #relationships through #death. The void of serving residents & their family that have mattered to you for so long. When someone dies, take a moment. #Pause, remember them, thank them, acknowledge your part in their life

It’s an honour to create #art with our wonderful #carehomes for #RemembranceSunday Listening to the stories shared by our residents and keeping these vital memories alive, we help ensure they are never forgotten. Art and wellbeing go hand in hand — what a fitting way to remember

Over 10,500 unpaid carers shared their experiences for this year's @CarersUK 'State of Caring' report, providing unique insight into the pressures facing the 5.8 million people who provide unpaid care worth £184 billion annually. carersuk.org/reports/state-… #care #socialcare