Mar 10, 2021

A study to gauge how lockdown restrictions have affected the families of care home residents, have been published. The research, titled Creative Covid Care, highlights the relationship-based and creative practices used to support communication and connection while visiting restrictions have been in place.

This rapid research project, funded by the Chief Scientists Office at Scottish Government, has been led by the University of Edinburgh with partners from University of Strathclyde, The University of the West of Scotland and Iriss.

Jo Hockley, Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh tells us about how care home staff and family carers responded throughout the first phase of lockdown.

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Music Credit: Make your dream a reality by Scott Holmes.