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'No such thing as normal': Dundee care home manager's debut novel celebrates the magic of being different


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Inspired by her day job as a care home operations manager, Jan McGavin from Dundee has published her debut novel. It is a dream come true for Jan – combining much-needed disability representation with the magical world of fantasy fiction.
While working for Kennedy Care Group, which has care homes across Angus, Fife and Aberdeenshire, Jan wrote the novel The Stone Dragon. It focuses on the importance of celebrating individuality and accepting our unique differences, as well as promoting representation of disability in literature.
The dragon with a difference
Aimed at older children and adults, it has just been published on Amazon Kindle and follows Snuffle: a disabled dragon born without wings into a society that has no room for diversity, difference or anything that could be perceived as a weakness. ....

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Inspectors say Dundee care home is at risk of Covid-19 outbreak unless improvements made


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Inspectors say a Dundee care home could be at risk of a Covid-19 outbreak unless immediate improvements are made.
An unannounced visit to The Hilltown’s Rose House found all aspects of the care to be “weak”.
Care Inspectorate officials said, in particular, a lack of strict transmission safeguards could pose a threat to the safety of residents.
They also found distressed families were not offered essential phone calls or video chats with loved ones.
One upset relative said the communication was “very poor” when their mum was ill with Covid-19. ....

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