Reshaping care and support planning for outcomes

Education

• Continuous Learning Framework
• Department of Health, October (2004) The NHS Knowledge and Skills Framework (NHS KSF)
• Iriss (The Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services)
• NHS Education for Scotland Tools (Anticipatory Care Planning, Communication Skills etc.)
• NOS (National Occupational Standards)
• SCLD (The Scottish Consortium for Learning Disability)
• Skills for Care
• SSKS (Social Services Knowledge Scotland)

Policy

• Adults with Incapacity (2000), The Scottish Government
• Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (DNACPR) - Integrated Adult Policy (2010), The Scottish Government
• Living and Dying Well: Progress Report (2011), The Scottish Government
• National Care Standards (2007)
• Making Good Care Better (2006), Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care
• Reshaping Care for Older people, JIT Scotland
• Self-Directed Support Scotland

Other useful resources

• Alzheimer’s Scotland
• Better care every step of the way, Care Inspectorate
• Care about rights? Scottish Human Rights Commission
• Care Inspectorate
• Care planning, Helen Sanderson Associates
• Dementia Strategy and Standards, The Scottish Government
• Good Life, Good Death, Good Grief
• Infection Prevention, NHS Education for Scotland
• Liverpool Care Pathway, Marie Curie Palliative Care Institute Liverpool
• Managing Falls and Fractures in Care Homes for Older People, Care Inspectorate
• Nutrition Support in Adults: NICE Guidelines (2006), NHS National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
• Palliative Care Guidelines, NHS Scotland
• Reablement, JIT (Joint Improvement Team)
• SSSC (Scottish Social Services Council)
• Tell Someone, Private Care Sector Workforce Initiative

Care for Older People Portal

The Care for Older People Portal, located on the NHS Education for Scotland Knowledge Network, is dedicated to providing information, resources and education for health and social care staff who support older people in Scotland.

We strongly recommend this site as a valuable source of information and materials, particularly the topics section. Here you'll find information relating to the care of older people grouped into subject headings by condition. Each topic section links to legislation, policies, standards, information for service users and their families and carers, links to organisations, existing communities, resources on the broader Knowledge Network, and other learning and training resources.

Most of the resources on the Care for Older People Portal are openly available without registration. Some of the materials do however require an Athens account for access. If you don't already have one, it is possible to register for an Athens account via the Knowledge Network website.

In addition to allowing you to register for an Athens account, the Knowledge Network website enables you to:

• Have your own list of favourite resources
• Save searches you want to repeat
• Share resources and communicate with colleagues through community websites and Shared Spaces.
• It also provides access to the password-protected content licensed from book and journal publishers – over 5000 online journals (much full text), over 80 major databases, over 5000 electronic books, Good Practice collections of management tools and techniques, and the ability to borrow books by placing direct requests to libraries

Visit the Care for Older People Portal