Karen Hedge

Wooo wooo here we go Michelle McManus has us all in the palm of her hand. Time to #celebratecare @scottishcare.bsky.social #carehomeawards24

Only 4 days until the 2024 Care Home Conference! 🚨
Get ready for a powerful day of insights & innovation in social care. Don’t miss your chance to join Scotland’s leading voices in the sector!

📅 Date: 15 Nov
🎟️ Book now: buff.ly/3CiK080

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Getting ready for the #carehome24 Conference!

Excited for day full of insights and discussion. Stay tuned to today’s updates with #carerevolution!

View from 16th floor hotel room Charing X Glasgow

Morning!! Here we go….
#CareHome24 #CareRevolution @scottishcare.bsky.social @drdmacaskill.bsky.social

A welcome from our Conference Chair Helen McArdle to our 2024 Care Home Conference. With thanks to our lanyards and name badge sponsor - Lyreco & stationary sponsor - Allica Bank.

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Inspiring story on ‘Where Skylarks Sing’ from
Patrick J Davies OBE detailing his 1400 mile walking journey from England to Scotland, raising over £30k for
Alzheimer Research UK 👏👏
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A HIVEMIND Takeover at the #carehome24 #carerevolution Conference! 🐝 A collaboration of social care influencers inviting you to join their brave space.

HIVEMIND invites #carehome24 delegates to be BRAVE and step outside the comfort zone. Getting everyone up and dancing 🕺 💃.

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Time for the much anticipated ‘Fireside Chat on Care Homes’. Apt timing as we discuss about the future of the National Care Service.

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Q & A time at the #carehome24 Fireside Chat. A round of applause for a delegate who runs charity care homes who asks the politicians to 1. - bring independent care sector into parity of esteem with the NHS and the public sector and 2. look at the cost of care.

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Adele Macgillvray & Angela Fitzpatrick from Springboig Care Centre joins the Care Inspectorate session to with a case study on the Care Home Improvement Programme. Working closely with residents family, increasing engagement and reviewing medication.

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Are you here at the #carehome24 conference today? 📣

Don’t forget to share your thoughts, insights and photos with us with the conference hashtags #carehome24 #carerevolution

“Anything is possible if you break it down to one step at a time” Patrick Davies OBE @scottishcare.bsky.social #carehome24

Don't miss the next #ScottishCareSurgery tomorrow on 8 October, 11 am! This is your chance to ask us questions and to join in the conversations about #socialcare. Open all @scottishcare.bsky.social members!

Please join via the Members Area of our website.

National Minimum Wage: Care at Home Webinar - 10 Oct 2024 National Minimum Wage: Care at Home Webinar – Key risks and considerations for employers

🚨 Don’t miss our National Minimum Wage: Care at Home webinar on 10 Oct at 2pm!

Join NMW specialist Gary Henderson (EY) as we discuss some of the most common NMW risks & issues facing Care at Home providers. Open to all!

Find out more & register here: buff.ly/3zKzKoi

🚨 Job Opportunity 🚨
We're looking for an Independent Sector Lead to support health & social care integration in Angus

💡 £49,564 p.a.
📍 Home-based with travel
🤝 Collaborate, Innovate, Communicate

Apply by 12pm, 18th Oct 2024!

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Making good trouble: Clenton Farquharson CBE on co-production, equity and change What is co-production? What does it mean to have a health and care system that prioritises equity, inclusion and the voices of service users? In our new podcas

New podcast episode: Jo Vigor is joined by @clentonF, Associate Director, @TLAP, who shares his leadership journey. He explores what co-production is & what it means to have a health & care system that prioritises equity. Listen today #KFPodcas

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Deputy CEO Blog: National Care Service Maxims Latest blog from our Deputy CEO, Karen Hedge on the 6 maxims to guide the work of the National Care Service.

"The process we use to shape the future is the future we get."
As the National Care Service takes shape, real change requires collaboration, not just process. Read our latest blog from Deputy CEO @hegeit.bsky.social on how we can get it right: buff.ly/3BqThKJ

#CareAboutCare #CareRevolution

Getting ready for the #EmpowerVoice Frontline Workforce Event with Workforce Matters. Looking forward to an insight day discussing effective voice and how to shape effective voice in the independent social care sector. 📣 #CareAboutCare

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Final session of an excellent day #empowervoice - Provider panel - Independent Sector Organisational examples of effective voice @scottishcare.bsky.social
@alymckechnie-vale.bsky.social

Event venue with Caroline Deane opening the event with attendees

Excellent to be in Edinburgh today for Empowering voice: amplifying the Social Care Workforce event - great to see everyone #empowervoice @scottishcare.bsky.social

Woo hoo go Caroline! @scottishcare.bsky.social #empowervoice #careaboutcare

Early start for the fabulous workforce matters event today 🚆💨🥶☕️

I wrote a thing

Lots of questions from a packed room at Scotland’s inaugural human rights conference. I’m here to be inspired, to innovate, to collaborate and to consider how we maintain #humanrights in social care. #careaboutcare @scottishcare.bsky.social

🎉 Celebrating one year since #GAN2023! While our interviews are now finished, let’s honour our everyday superheroes in ageing & care. If you have any innovations or inspiring stories about ageing, care, or support, share them with us! 💪✨

#GAN2023 #GlobalAgeing #GlobalCareDay

Our final #GlobalAgeing interview for Global Older People’s Care & Support Day 2024 is Alison Kernoghan from Schlegel-UW Research Institute for Aging! 🌟 Their new 5-year plan emphasises co-design, involving older adults in research, expanding expertise internationally. 🌍🤝

#GAN2023 #GlobalCareDay