Care homes and Care At Home resources

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Resources here are to support the care home and Care At Home workforce.

Adult support and protection

See adult support and protection.
IRISS Large Scale Investigations - a course explaining the role of large scale investigations (LSIs) within the context of adult support and protection (ASP) practices in Scotland.

Bladder and bowel health

See bladder and bowel health.
See also downloadable resources.

Care Inspectorate

Care Inspectorate

Contingency planning

See downloadable resources.

Diabetes

See downloadable resources.

Escalating care and hospital transfer

RESTORE2 - all of the documentation required for a QI project to implement in your care home.
See also downloadable resources.

Falls

See downloadable resources.

Food, fluid and nutrition

Care Home Digest - menu planning and food service guidelines for older adults living in care homes - available from this BDA download page
Eating and drinking well in care: good practice guidance for older people - from the Care Inspectorate Hub
See also downloadable resources.

Inclusive communication activities

See downloadable resources.

Meaningful activity

We want people to live meaningful lives, whether they live at home independently, with support or in a care home. Sometimes however people need some support to maintain meaningful activity.

Find out what interests those you work with. You can then use the ideas for activities resources from Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT).

If you want to know more about the benefits of engaging those you work with in meaningful activity, visit the living well through activity in care homes toolkit which tells you about the benefits as well as signposting you to ideas.

There are also useful resources on connecting people, connecting support where you can find activities that are particularly focused for those with dementia.

The benefit of many of these activities is that people move, which in turn helps them maintain activity levels which provide many benefits for them.

Oral health

Caring for Smiles: Guide for care homes from Scottish Dental.
Open Wide from Turas Learn - training for an oral health. improvement programme for adults who require support with daily oral care.
Caring for Smiles from Turas Learn - training for Scotland's national oral health programme aiming to improve the oral health of older people, particularly those living in care homes.

For further details contact:

Miranda Moodie, Invergordon
email miranda.moodie@nhs.scot

Jane Weeden, Wick
email jane.weeden@nhs.scot

Mary Dawson, Inverness
email mary.dawson@nhs.scot

Eilidh MacKinnon, Culloden
email eilidh.mackinnon@nhs.scot

Podiatry

Personal Footcare Guidance from Scottish Government
Wound Management Guidelines and Formulary from Treatments and Medicines (TAM) - see Podiatry Guidance
See also downloadable resources.

Realistic medicine

Anticipatory Care Planning toolkit from Healthcare Improvement Scotland ihub
See also downloadable resources.

Scottish Care

Scottish Care - the voice of the independent social care sector in Scotland.

Independent sector leads

Argyll and Bute - Care Homes and Care at Home

Julie Hodges
email julie.hodges@scottishcare.org

Highland - Care at Home

Christine MacKenzie
phone 07387 173 924
email christine.mackenzie@scottishcare.org

Highland - Care Homes

Gwen Harrison
phone 07909 110 882
email gwen.harrison@scottishcare.org

Highland - Career and Attraction

Laura Dobinson
phone 07551 778 761
email laura.dobinson@scottishcare.org

Screening

See downloadable resources.

Training

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Wound care and tissue viability

Standards for prevention and management of pressure ulcers from Healthcare Improvement Scotland
Wound Management Guidelines and Formulary at Treatments and Medicines (TAM)
See also downloadable resources.

Downloadable resources

September 2025: some documents have been removed for review.

Bladder and bowel health (3)

Contingency planning (2)

Diabetes (1)

Diabetes e-Learning Links (April 2023)

Escalating care and hospital transfer (2)

Falls (2)

Food, fluid and nutrition (12)

Inclusive communication activities (6)

Life Story Books (4)

Example Life Story Book (7)

Templates (9)

Podiatry (1)

CPR For Feet

Realistic medicine (1)

Realistic Medicine - Realistic Care (2023)

Screening (1)

National Screening Guide

Training (1)

Care Home Collaboration Team - Training Sessions (January to March 2024)

Wound care and tissue viability (2)

Care homes and Care At Home resources

Resources here are to support the care home and Care At Home workforce.
Bladder and bowel health

Information here is to support the care home and care at home workforce.

Last updated: 5 September 2025

Next review date: 10 July 2025

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