Care homes

Concerns have been raised about guidance for transgender young people in care homes (Picture: Submitted)

New care home guidelines 'incentivise children to identify as trans'

Care provider’s 30th Scottish home will house cinema room and champagne bar

Caring for a vulnerable person requires an emotional presence and the ability to recognise when someone is not OK (Picture: Hugh Hastings)

The routine undervaluing of care workers is causing real problems Omowunmi Ola-Edagbami

Actor Katrina Allen performs at the home of Mairi and Phil Wilson in Gilmerton.

'I forgot I was in my own house': The theatre plays performed in homes

Scotland's best care homes have been named.

Scotland's 20 best care homes based on reviews - and their weekly fees

Joe Goldblatt and director Sabine Klaus-Carter at the film premiere with some of the stars.

Care home residents enjoy the fun of the Fringe from their armchairs

Ad Feature Places available in new luxury Edinburgh care home opening in March

Lissa McIntyre (top) and two of her clients, Stevie Gray (left) and Helen Crabbie (right)

The woman bringing joy to Edinburgh’s old people one cycle at a time

Bed blocking is costing the NHS millions every year.

The £1.6 billion bed blocking bill paid by Scotland over last decade

Unity Trust Bank relationship manager Michelle Wilson, with Willie McDonald and his son, Sam.

Collapsed Lanarkshire care home given future thanks to £2.5 million deal

Falkirk faces a predicted £6m overspend on its social care budget this financial year. (Picture: Submitted)

Exclusive Fears SNP sponsored care workers will face 'exploitation'

A special conference to discuss the future of the Highland care sector will be held in Fort William this Friday

Elderly suffering 'unknown horror story' due to Highland care shortage

Inverness Sheriff Court

Care home fined over £1.8 million after resident choked to death

The index was compiled by scoring areas against six “pillars” – housing, health, social and community, financial, nature, and amenities

The '20 best places to retire' in Scotland revealed

The UK's Top 100 Care Homes for 2025

New data reveals Scotland's top care homes In 2025

John showcasing his new Spiderman tattoo

Glasgow care home resident gets inked as part of bucket list initiative

Jack In The Box performance by the Festival Theatre for people living with dementia.

The theatres taking shows to care homes - including five-year-olds

Meeting our new student nurses

Strachan House celebrates the return of student nurses to care home

Fort William, one of the bigger towns in the Highland region

Highland region in 'dire' situation as care homes close

People hugging at the National Covid Memorial Wall in London

'Hundreds more will die': Fears Scots not ready for next pandemic

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Exclusive ‘Tsunami' of care home closures to come after Scottish Budget 'whammy'

Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, poses with the red Budget Box

Labour plans mean £9 billion of cuts after next year, economists warn

The SNP's planned National Care Service is little more than a distraction from fixing the current system's problems (Picture: Christopher Furlong)

How the SNP is betraying more than 9,300 vulnerable Scots right now Jackie Baillie

Henry Clayton at the wedding blessing with daughter Fiona Butler-Clayton and her husband.

Watch: Care home hosts wedding blessing so dad can give daughter away

Best friends Helen and Mo

Later life friendships can enhance wellbeing

Shocking case of dementia patient euthanised despite changing her mind Professor June Andrews

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Martin Lewis reveals how pensioners can claim up to £5,600 annually

Bailey-Greetham Clark teaches boxing to care home residents.

Watch: 21-year-old gives boxing lessons to care home residents

Research from Public Health Scotland shows that between March 31 2013 and March 31 2023, there was a 19 per cent drop in the number of care homes for adults.

One in five homes have closed in past decade amid 'not prepared' warning

Former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon's decisions will be scrutinised

What can we expect from the Scottish Covid-19 inquiry

Poor incontinence care costs NHS over half a billion pounds a year

Breaking Millions to miss out on Covid booster as NHS slashes eligibility

Campaigners have urged the Government to extend Wednesday’s deadline for the “alternative fund” of the Energy Bill Support Scheme.

Households have 1 day left to apply for £400 help towards energy bills

Matt Hancock

Matt Hancock appears to reject expert advice in leaked messages

The cash boost is being delivered by councils in England, Scotland and Wales and aims to provide financial support to around 900,000 households - here’s how to apply.

Thousands of households can now apply for £400 energy bill help

In Scotland there is a severe shortage of care placements and hospitals are operating above capacity. Picture: Jeff Moore/PA Wire

Care homes could free up hospital beds 'tomorrow' with more funding

Norman Mair represented Scotland in both rugby and cricket before becoming an award-winning journalist with The Scotsman

Mair's dementia journey charted in new book written by wife Lewine

Care home deaths from Covid will no longer have to be reported to the Crown Office.

Covid care home deaths will no longer be investigated by prosecutors

There are warnings that hundreds of homes may be forced to close

'Hundreds of Scottish care homes face closure due to costs crisis'

Dr Karen Rennie, Programme Leader, PGDip Person-centred Practice (Advancing Care Home Practice), Queen Margaret University

Person-centred care is the key to success - Dr Karen Rennie

Picture: Callum Bennetts

Care homes: Link between hospital discharges and Covid outbreaks not ruled out

Care homes in Scotland are set to allow visitors in today for the first time in 2021. (Photo by Hugh Hastings/Getty Images)

Care homes in Scotland are set to allow visitors in for the first time in 2021
From today, regular visiting will resume in care homes, with residents allowed to have two designated visitors each.

Testing is set to be expanded

Routine coronavirus testing to be rolled out to more industries

Hollie Sutherland, with her mother Verona.

Families of disabled Scots feel 'ignored' by visiting rules

Sites planned for Kinross and Scone will provide a sense of community, with a range of properties in a residential village offering senior Scots a sense of comfort, community and safety.

How the rise of tech-savvy and accessible housing villages looks to empower Scot...

Care Home providers must communicate with the families of residents, Ms Sturgeon said.

Nicola Sturgeon: Care homes with Covid-19 outbreaks must tell families of reside...

Lucy Mulvagh, Director of Policy and Communications, Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (the ALLIANCE)

Ditch the status quo and try a different approach to social care - Lucy Mulvagh

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon was under pressure in the Scottish Parliament over the Covid care homes crisis.

FMQs: Nicola Sturgeon under pressure on care home deaths report

Marionville Court Care Home.

Coronavirus in Scotland: New outbreak at council-run care home in Edinburgh

Michelle Le Prevost, managing director of Cambuslang-based Visioncall and former Black & Lizars MD. Picture: Stewart Attwood

Covid-19 sees Cambuslang eye care firm Visioncall undertake major restructure

Care homes will be prioritised for testing. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Care homes will be given free PPE until March under new coronavirus plans

Guthrie House Care Home, Lasswade

Care home linked to 13 Covid-19 deaths has 'unsatisfactory' infection control

Jeane Freeman

Care homes to be permitted to welcome outdoor vistiors

A staff member speaks to a care home resident

Covid-19 care home inquiry to investigate human rights breach

A Union Jack, Saltire and Flag of Europe fly outside the entrance to the Scottish Parliament (Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images)

Will Scottish independence be a step forward, then three back? – Jim Duffy

Nicola Sturgeon has said "straightforward mistakes" could have been made over care homes.

Nicola Sturgeon: 'Straightforward mistakes’ possible on care homes

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