A Caithness care home team has been shortlisted for this year’s Scottish Social Services Awards for its innovative approach to how they treat residents.
The team at NHS Highland Pulteney House residential home in Wick is among three in the ‘enlightened approach’ category of the awards run by the Social Services Strategic Forum.
The awards ceremony will take place on June 13 at the Crieff Hydro. It aims to highlight social services staff who adopt fresh and innovative approaches to learning from the people they support.
The Pulteney House team were nominated because their ‘My Home Life’ approach made the 18 older residents and their families’ needs and requirements a priority as much as possible.
Care home manager Penny Cormack said: “Working day-to-day with a multi-disciplinary team of allied health practitioners – pharmacists, occupational therapists, community nurses and dementia specialists – has allowed our 35-strong team to develop and grow in confidence using the approach at Pulteney House.
“I would especially like to thank the community mental health team, the consultant psychiatrist and community mental health nurse, Hannah McLean, for their support and assistance to my staff.”
Jackie Hodges, NHS Highland’s service improvement lead, said: “The team at Pulteney house are well known for being dynamic and open-minded in their quest to support people to the best of their ability and in a way which allows the resident to be central to any input.”
