Posts Tagged ‘care’
Community Solutions: Resources for well-connected support
Resources for well-connected community supports What ‘Community Solutions’ is all about Community Solutions is a collaborative project increasing learning around community solutions that give people more access to social care and health care in Scotland. Download the full Community Solutions diagrams and notes here. Visit the Community Solutions project page for more resources, blogs and…
Read MoreHome from hospital support at SDS Forum
Home from hospital support at SDS Forum Home from hospital support aims to support those who are fit to discharge but are struggling to get home for various reasons. The SDS Forum, working alongside the HSCP and an established working group of patients and carers, is working towards a way for patients to get home…
Read MoreEdzell GP Practice Patient Transport
Edzell GP Practice Patient Transport Edzell Community Health Transport (ECHT) provides the residents of Edzell, and all patients registered with Edzell Health Centre with transport from their home to medical appointments in the Tayside or Grampian region. Patients who are unable to use other forms of transport due to health problems or public transport issues…
Read MoreMorayshire – Be Active Lifelong groups (B.A.L.L)
Morayshire – Be Active Lifelong groups (B.A.L.L) These are friendly groups bringing together over 700 older people across Moray who enjoy gentle exercise, hosting events, speakers, outings with coffee and chat and are supported by Health and Social Care Moray. There are over 20 groups helping older people experience place-based activities as well as green…
Read MoreCollaborative Commissioning Resources
Collaborative Commissioning Resources The Independent Review of Adult Social Care 2021 recently published recommendations for the reform of commissioning and procurement of social care and the Improvement Service also published a briefing report on participatory budgeting. These new published resources contain lots of information about commissioning that community and third sectors organisations could find useful;…
Read MoreCommunity Solutions – helping people get the care they need and taking pressure off health and social care
Community Solutions – helping people get the care they need and taking pressure off health and social care There is increasing coverage just now noting the pressures on the NHS and social care, the number of people waiting for care in the community so they can leave hospital and growing numbers of those waiting to…
Read MoreCommunity Solutions: Finding Support and Showing Impact
Community Solutions: Finding the Right Support, Showing the Impact Community Solutions partnership work Community Solutions is a series of projects working towards increasing the learning and options around community solutions to social care in Scotland. Together they support people in communities and public sector teams, to develop social care services and community supports that work…
Read MoreWhat can Social Care learn from the Scottish Rural Parliament?
What can Social Care learn from the Scottish Rural Parliament? Rural communities and innovative social care Last month we had the Scottish Rural Parliament – virtual this time but with the same great mix of workshops and people from many different places and experiences who live in, work in or are interested in rural communities.…
Read MoreFive Minute Feel Good Tips
It can be hard to feel good just now. The pandemic, the uncertainty, the weather all impact negatively on our mental wellbeing. But all is not lost, there is plenty of things we can do to lift our mood throughout the day. Here are our quick feel good tips, gathered from people in our…
Read MoreCommunity Solutions for social care – how small and local is part of the picture
Community Solutions for social care How small and local is part of the picture Many of us have known for a long time that the solutions to problems often come from the community that is affected. That is where people see the difficulties day-to-day and understand what the needs is, what can work and what…
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