recognising the contribution of care at home workers

recognising the contribution of care at home workers

Scottish Care's recent report Trees that bend in the wind highlighted the huge contribution to palliative care made by front line support workers in care homes and care at home services:

"women and men who find themselves in situations where they provide a holistic approach offering physical, practical, social, emotional and spiritual support to both individuals and their family members who are facing progressive illness and bereavement."

To mark Death Awareness Week, the Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care, Scottish Care and Bluebird Care are working together to raise awareness of the important role of frontline support workers, and to promote more open discussion of issues relating to deteriorating health, dying and bereavement.

As part of this, the It Takes a Village exhibition will be exhibited at Scottish Care's Care at Home and Housing Support Annual Conference on 12 May, where Good Life, Good Death, Good Grief will also be exhibiting.

It Takes a Village is powerful and challenging series of portraits and personal stories exploring the idea that as people’s health deteriorates, care and support comes in many guises.