Night One
Here is another great poem by our anonymous home carer. In this poem, she reflects on her first, nerve-wracking night on duty, visiting people in their own homes to ‘do …
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We’ve been doing a lot of thinking recently about the realities of working life for paid carers. It’s not an easy job and it’s not well paid, and yet we …
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As an organisation, we celebrate the importance of spirituality for older people of all faiths and none. Dianna Wolfson is a Faith in Older People Trustee and was previously the …
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A goodly number of FiOP people attended a reception at the Scottish Parliament on 30th October, to mark the launch of ‘To Absent Friends: A People’s Festival of Storytelling and …
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We were treated to a great post-lunch waker-upper at the recent Arts in Care Seminar. Debra Salem, a folk-and-blues singer (visit Debra’s site and click the juke box symbol for a …
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On 14th October, the Arts in Care conference was held in Perth Concert Hall. It was an excellent event, run jointly by Animate and Scottish Care and chaired with a …
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We recently held a small (but perfectly formed) seminar with colleagues from Edinburgh University, on ‘Risk and Resilience in Residential Care’. Charlotte Clark spoke on research into risk, and how …
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