Reducing stress and distress improvement programme
This programme is a collaboration between the Care Inspectorate, Healthcare Improvement Scotland and NHS Education for Scotland.
The programme will work with teams in registered care homes to support improvement in the prevention and management of stress and distress for people living with dementia.
During the 12-week improvement support, our improvement advisors are supporting the teams to:
- create the conditions for improvement
- understand your current system
- identify, plan and test a change
- use data and measurement for improvement
- identify when to implement and scale change
- share learning.
This is followed by a yearlong collaborative network support system.
Over the course of the programme we are running four cohorts.
The programme was launched in December 2024 and Cohort 4’s 12-week programme is scheduled to conclude at the end of November 2025, with their 12-month collaborative network support thereafter.
Participating care homes by cohort
Resources
Resources have been developed to accompany this program. The change package is one of the documents supporting teams on this quality improvement programme.
Self-evaluation tool for reducing stress and distress for people living with dementia - This tool sets out what is expected from high-quality, person-centred care to enable good outcomes for people living with dementia and their care partners. It enables staff, managers and leaders in care home services and hospitals to identify areas of good practice and areas for improvement.
The change package is one of the other documents supporting teams on this quality improvement programme.
Contact us
For further information, please contact Maureen Cossar, Mental Health Nurse, Senior Improvement Adviser (focus on dementia), Health and Social Care Improvement Team, Care Inspectorate, on Maureen.Cossar@careinspectorate.gov.scot.