Care Homes for Adults

A guide for care services undertaking self-evaluation

Our quality framework and methodology for inspecting care homes for adults based on the new Health and Social Care Standards.

Guidance for staff on how to communicate with a person to understand their care needs and any information required

Guidance for managers on how to communicate with their own care team and individuals to understand their care needs and any information required

Tool for staff to use when communicating with out-of-hours services, designed to ensure they give the right information

A booklet of examples showing how collaboration and compassion at the heart of integrated working can make a real difference for everyone involved

A report providing a Change Map intended to capture the required changes for the effective delivery of social care within the context of Self-directed Support

An updated implementation framework for the learning disability strategy, covering the period 2019-2021. It builds on progress since the previous framework was published in 2015 and reflects the broader priorities of the Scottish Government, local authorities, NHS Boards and inte...

A guide on How to use The Hub.

Good practice examples to give care services ideas on how to bring generations together in a variety of care settings in a way that improves the quality of their lives

A guide to help people understand their rights in relation to the role of the named person, as set out in mental health law

Guidance for professionals working with people with alcohol-related brain damage. The guidance is not written specifically for patients, relatives, or carers, but might be useful in describing available resources and approaches.

A guidance setting out the parameters of peripatetic management arrangements. Peripatetic management describes the situation where an individual is the named manager of more than one registered care service, either employed by the same or different providers

Guidance on how to balance the principle of carer involvement with the patient's right to confidentiality

Guidance providing advice to doctors and nurses on how to respect patient confidentiality while also involving families and carers in treatment. It also provides guidance on issues relating to capacity to make decisions around confidentiality, sharing information with carers that...

A report on out of area placements and delayed discharge for people with learning disabilities, produced following concerns raised by the Mental Welfare Commission in its ‘No Through Road’ report. The report sets out figures on out of area placements and delayed discharge collect...

Guidance for care homes developed to provide key information to assist with prevention and control in cases of influenza. The checklists included should be used in addition to the Standard Infection Control Precautions (SICPs) and Transmission Based Precautions (TBPs) as per the ...

A leaflet explaining to people what type of behaviour and values they can expect from their care worker and what to do if they have a concern