Kirstymcbeth

Community Nurse Practitioner Midlothian Care home support team - NHSLothian.Mum & ski lover . views are my own

[Care Inspectorate @CareInspect]

We will shortly be launching our new resource, Supporting Meaningful Connection: Good Practice Guidance for Care Homes. Join us for a webinar which will introduce the guidance and provide an update on Anne’s Law, following the recent passing of the Care Reform (Scotland) Act 2025.

📅24 September 2025
⏲️14:00-15:00
🔗https://t.co/M2Yn4aTlnm

[Care Inspectorate @CareInspect]

ARHAI Scotland’s care home infection prevention and control (CHIPC) team is hosting a webinar on ‘Actively preventing catheter associated urinary tract infections in care homes’. The webinar is free to attend and open to all staff working in care homes.

📅 Wednesday 3 September
⏲️ 13:30-15:00
🔗 https://t.co/JpSbFMCUPt

[EC4H - Effective Communication for Healthcare @EC4H7]

Excited to announce that we are running a free webinar on 7th May to celebrate National Future Care Plan Day 2025.
Focus will be on initiating future care planning conversations when the patient has a life limiting illness, but their condition is stable.
#ACPDay2025

[NHSGGC - Planning Your Care @NHSGGC_FCP]

It’s a difficult conversation but a very important one so that people know and share what the person’s wishes are at the end of their life.

NHS Inform help & advice 👉 https://t.co/ROCnqEwJaf

@EastDunHSCP @GCHSCP @WDCouncil @RenHSCP @InverclydeHSCP @erhscp @nhsggc @NHSGGCCarers

[Trisha Elliott @Trisha_the_doc]

Flowchart from @NHSEngland.

“Do not perform urine dipsticks: Dipsticks become more unreliable with increasing age over 65 years. By 80 years half of older adults in care, and most with a urinary catheter, will have bacteria present in the bladder/urine without an infection.”

[NHS Lothian Tissue Viability Team @LothianTVN]

The team are working hard to get the direct referral boxes ready to hand out to our Care Homes! Go live date of 5th February is coming in fast 🤩

[Kirstymcbeth @Kmcb99]

@m_goodbourn @MidlothianHSCP @ClaterNick @WWWest1970 @BarrowMorag @DebbieCrerar @KirstyAnneJack2 @workinmother123 Good luck and all the best in your new job Melissa 👍

[Linda Primmer @LindaPrimmer]

Midlothian Care Home team ready to #MakingEveryContactcount #STOPTHEPRESSURE Thanks to @InvacareUK @Tpressurecare ⁦⁦⁦@LothianTVN⁩ ⁦@SoTV_UK⁩ Thanks to Invacare / Stuart Abel

[NES Psychology @NES_Psychology]

Registration is open! - Join us to explore the importance of #traumainformedpractice for people living with #dementia and learn about resources that can support you to make a positive difference.
Find details on how to register at: https://t.co/eDK782Ij6H

[Care Inspectorate @CareInspect]

Our Anne's Law team has published a poster for care services to display. It explains that people living in adult and older people’s care homes have the right to visitors and to go out if they wish. you can download the poster here https://t.co/GmeWTa6X58

[Paul Baughan @PaulBaughan]

The Scottish Palliative Care Guidelines are a great resource. So pleased to see that they continue to be developed and improved. @annasutherlan15 @Palliative_Scot @online_his https://t.co/9hKKVgLvns

[healthandcare.scot @hacscot]

1. 🔎An app which uses facial analysis supported by AI to assess pain levels is set to be trialled in 15 care homes across Scotland.
@PainChek @CareInspect @GlobalAgeing @DigiCare4Scot @scottishcare @DrDMacaskill @MareeToddMSP @online_his @NHSResearchScot
https://t.co/GvIqdC3HBj

[Ken Dick @KenDickCHEF]

Check this out 👍

[Kirstymcbeth @Kmcb99]

An excellent learning resource for everyone supporting or working with care homes.

[RCN Scotland @RCNScot]

Our Care Home Journey is an essential resource for all nursing staff including care assistants. It signposts to high quality, evidence based advice to answer the questions that frequently affect those caring for older people in care homes.

Find it here: https://t.co/g19LTSqdka

[Kirstymcbeth @Kmcb99]

@T_W_Soccer RT Hutchison Vale U14

[RCN Scotland @RCNScot]

ICYMI: This care home open week Carol Dale, our Lead nurse for Independent health and social care’s published a new blog to highlight the value of nursing in care homes? Read it here - https://t.co/Ne59gU3aDZ
#CHOW

[SIGN Guidelines @signguidelines]

SIGN 167: Care of deteriorating patients is now available. The guideline provides recommendations for best practice in caring for patients experiencing acute deterioration, with a focus on planning, recognition, response and escalation. Available here https://t.co/4CdEQckSd4

[NHS Education for Scotland (NES) @NHS_Education]

This week the NES Social Care Directorate will be sharing information on resources for people working in, managing and providing social care services. Follow our posts to hear about resources on Turas learn, SSKS, Leadership, Dementia and Quality Improvement #NESSocialCare

[RCN Scotland @RCNScot]

In the lead up to care home open week, we are putting a spotlight on the learning & development RCN Scotland has to support care assistants, carers and senior carers. We have study days, webinars, online videos and a podcast episode!
https://t.co/rrNOjWoWHf