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 will support you 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
Following the conclusion of the application stage, the programme launched in December 2024 and will conclude in December 2025. Participating teams will be supported to identify and test improvement ideas during a 12-week programme. Teams will then join our collaborative and have access to continued coaching support for ongoing improvement. We will run four cohorts of our 12-week programme over the course of the year.
See our 12-week improvement programme timeline here.
Participating care homes by cohort
Cohort 1 - Care home and lead coach
Isobel Fraser Home, Inverness (Highland) - Kay
Crannog Care Home, Glasgow (Greater Glasgow and Clyde) - Kay
Strachan House, Edinburgh (Lothian) - Maureen
Tyneholm Stables, Pencaitland (Lothian) - Maureen
Aaron House, Penicuik (Lothian) - Innes
Cramond Residence, Cramond (Lothian) - Innes
Cohort 2 - Care home and lead coach
Buccleuch Care Centre, Hawick (Borders) - Kay
Auchtermairnie Care Home, Leven (Fife) - Innes
Abbotsford Nursing Home, Methill (Fife)- Innes
Leven Beach Care Home (Fife) - Innes
Persley Castle Nursing Home, Aberdeen (Grampian) - Kay
Ythanvale Care Home, Ellon (Grampian) - Kay
Hamnavoe House, Stornoway (Orkney) - Maureen
Smiddybrae House, Dounby (Orkney) - Maureen
Cohort 3 - Care home and lead coach
Westfield House Care Home, Lockerbie (Dumfries & Galloway) - Maureen
Fleet Valley Care Home, Castle Douglas (Dumfries & Galloway) - Maureen
Bennachie View Care Home, Inverurie (Grampian) - Kay
Victoria Gardens Care Home, Glasgow (Greater Glasgow and Clyde) - Innes
Larkfield View Care Home, Greenock (Greater Glasgow and Clyde) - Innes
Meadowburn Care Home (Greater Glasgow and Clyde) - Innes
Storyville House, Kirriemuir (Tayside) - Kay
Falls of Dochart Retirement Home, Killin (Tayside) - Kay
Cohort 4 - Care home (no lead coaches allocated yet)
Graceland Nursing Home, Kilmarnock (Ayrshire & Arran)
Hutton Park Care Home, Largs (Ayrshire & Arran)
Townend Care Home, Kilmarnock (Ayrshire & Arran)
Grahamston House, Falkirk (Forth Valley)
Spynie Care Home, Moray (Grampian)
Edward Thomason & Taing Support Services, Lerwick (Shetland)
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 carers. It enables staff, managers and leaders in hospital and care home services to identify areas of good practice and areas for improvement.
12-week improvement programme timeline
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.