Supporting phased family visiting
This podcast by Helen Skinner, Alzheimer Scotland Dementia Nurse Consultant, (NHS Fife) and Yvonne Manson, Quality Care and Support Manager (Abbotsford Care) reflects on the care home’s experience of facilitating a phased reintroduction of visiting in accordance with Scottish Government Guidelines (first issued 25 June 2020). Future podcasts will follow the journey for staff and residents as progress is made into stage 3 and 4 of the Government’s ‘Staged approach to visiting and communal activity in care homes’.
Some documents referred to in the podcast have been designed specifically by the team at Abbotsford Care to help at this time and they have kindly agreed to share these. There are short adaptations from the podcast below for anyone looking to find out about a specific topic.
First steps
Making it work for everyone
It's still a difficult time
Together again
Keeping everyone safe
Friends reunited
Supporting residents in a care home setting
This podcast will be useful to all those supporting someone with dementia in a care home including families, friends and staff.
Helen Skinner, Alzheimer Scotland Dementia Nurse Consultant, NHS Fife in conversation with Yvonne Manson, Quality Care and Support Manager at Abbotsford Care. Yvonne is one of Scotland’s Dementia Specialist Improvement Leads and describes her work with colleagues to support the wellbeing of care home residents during the Covid-19 outbreak.
Some documents referred to in the podcast have been designed specifically by the team at Abbotsford Care to help support residents at this time and they have kindly agreed to share these. There are short adaptations from the podcast below for anyone looking to find out about a specific topic.