Housing Support

Good postural care is important for everyone and especially for people with movement disorders and for those whose physical wellbeing is changing.

Track your own movement improvement over time

This guide has been created by the Mouth Care Matters in End-of-Life Care Steering Group. It has been developed to help support people during the end of life when a person is dying, and can be used by relatives and those important to the person.

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

Records that all registered children and young peoples care services must keep and guidance on notification reporting.

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

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

A resource for the care at home sector to help care at home staff feel confident in understanding, identifying and addressing when a person’s diet is not meeting their nutritional needs

A national plan for implementing the Carers (Scotland) Act 2016 between 2021 and 2023

Best practice guidance for public bodies on procurement of care and support services - originally published in March 2016, it has been updated to reflect changes that have occurred as a result of the UK's exit from the EU and the end of the Transition Period

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

This trauma-informed practice toolkit has been developed as part of the National Trauma Training Programme, to support all sectors of the workforce, in planning and developing trauma informed services.

A quality framework for use in self-evaluation, scrutiny and improvement support in relation to housing support and offender accommodation services

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

Guidance, developed with Scottish Care and the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists, highlighting good practice to support people with eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties (Dysphagia)

Guidance promoting the safe use of bed rails