Care Homes for Adults

Care homes can provide all aspects of a person’s accommodation, support, nursing and personal care or support.

Using the drop down menus below, you can filter resources by resource type, relevant topics or date of publication.

 

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Topics
  • Adult Protection
  • Adults with Incapacity
  • Alcohol / Drug Misuse
  • Bowel and Bladder
  • Complaints
  • Creative and Physical Activity
  • Dementia
  • Disability
  • End of Life / Palliative Care
  • Equalities / Human Rights
  • Falls
  • Food and Fluid
  • Infection Control
  • Involvement and Participation
  • Learning Disabiities
  • Management & Leadership
  • Medication
  • Mental Health
  • Restraint
  • Risk
  • Self-evaluation
  • Staffing
  • Tissue Viability
Resource type
  • Adult and Health Bulletin
  • Care Inspectorate Publication
  • Case Study
  • Children and Young People Bulletin
  • Event
  • Guidance
  • National strategies and frameworks
  • Research
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Authors
Care Inspectorate

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Homely remedies in Care Homes: a practice note

Date
10/12/2024

Category
Guidance, Care Inspectorate programmes & publications, Care Inspectorate Publication

Authors
Care Inspectorate

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Do you provide care to people living with dementia?

Date
10/10/2024

Category
Guidance

Here you'll find up-to-date information, resources and guidance to help you in supporting people living with dementia.

Authors
Care Inspectorate

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Complain confidentially - poster for adult and older people services

Date
23/09/2024

Authors
Care Inspectorate

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Promoting good nutritional care in care homes: practice note

Date
30/08/2024

Category
Guidance, Self Evaluation Tools

Improving nutrition and hydration to make every mouthful count is so important for people living in care homes.

Authors
Social Work Scotland

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Self-Directed Support Framework of Standards (2024)

Date
17/05/2024

Category
Self-directed Support Library

The Self-Directed Support Framework of Standards consists of a set of standards (including practice statements and core components) written specifically for local authorities to provide them with an overarching structure, aligned to legislation and statutory guidance, for further...

Authors
Care Inspectorate

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Supporting self-evaluation in adult care services - Thursday 9 May 2024

Date
09/05/2024

Category
Event

Authors
Care Inspectorate

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Supporting self-evaluation in adult care services - Monday 22 April 2024

Date
22/04/2024

Category
Event

Authors
Care Inspectorate

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Good care for vegetarians and vegans

Date
01/10/2023

Category
Guidance, Self Evaluation Tools

We worked in partnership with Vegetarian for Life to produce new guidance: Good care for vegans and vegetarians. The self-evaluation tool and guidance are based on the Scottish Government’s Health and Social Care Standards. The guidance will be useful for inspectors to inform an ...

Authors
Care Inspectorate

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Film in care

Date
25/07/2023

Category
Care Inspectorate Publication, Guidance, Case Study

Film in care provides a practical guide on how to present film to people living in care homes in a way that will be most beneficial to them.

Authors
Scottish Government

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Covid-19 Care Homes Root Cause Analysis Progress Report

Date
21/06/2023

Authors
Care Inspectorate

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Quality Improvement and Involvement strategy 2022-25

Date
17/11/2022

Category
Care Inspectorate Publication, National strategies and frameworks

A strategy providing an insight into what the Care Inspectorate's improvement support offer will be over the next three years and how we will identify where improvements are required

Authors
Scottish Government

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Open with Care: Supporting meaningful contact in adult care homes

Date
28/09/2022

Category
Guidance

Authors
Scottish Government

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Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007: Code of Practice

Date
28/07/2022

Category
Guidance

Guidance about the performance of functions under Part 1 of the Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007

Authors
Care Inspectorate

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Guide for Providers on Personal Planning - Adults

Date
08/11/2021

Category
Self-directed Support Library, Care Inspectorate Publication, Guidance

A guide to support managers and staff in services to develop and improve how personal plans for adults are undertaken

Authors
NHS Education for Scotland

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Promoting Excellence 2021: A framework for all health and social services staff working with people with dementia, their families and carers

Date
17/05/2021

Category
National strategies and frameworks, Guidance

A framework for dementia detailing the knowledge and skills all health and social services staff should aspire to achieve in relation to the role they play in supporting people with a diagnosis of dementia, and their families, and carers

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Essentials of Safe Care

Date
23/03/2021

Category
Guidance

Authors
Scottish Government

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Independent Review of Adult Social Care in Scotland: Easy Read

Date
17/03/2021

Category
Research

Easy read version of the report of the Independent Review led by Derek Feeley, recommending improvements to adult social care support in Scotland.

Authors
Care Inspectorate

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Guidance for providers on the assessment of staffing

Date
11/03/2021

Category
Care Inspectorate Publication, Guidance

Guidance to ensure that premises-based services have clear information on the effective assessment of safe staffing, in line with our quality frameworks, the Health and Social Care Standards, the Health and Care Staffing Scotland Act 2019, and Safety Huddle and Professional Judgm...

Authors
Scottish Government

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Independent Review of Adult Social Care in Scotland

Date
03/02/2021

Category
Research

Report of the Independent Review led by Derek Feeley, recommending improvements to adult social care support in Scotland.

Authors
Care Inspectorate and Healthcare Improvement Scotland

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Good practice communication guide for carers

Date
01/12/2020

Category
Guidance

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

Authors
Healthcare Improvement Scotland

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Prevention and Management of Pressure Ulcers Standards

Date
23/10/2020

Category
Guidance

The document updates and replaces the clinical standards on prevention and management of pressure ulcers published by Healthcare Improvement Scotland in 2016 and incorporates advice contained in the (now withdrawn) 2009 Quality Improvement Scotland best practice statement.