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Coronavirus (COVID-19): adult social care guidance
Collection of COVID-19 information and guidance for adult social care settings.
Introduction
This page provides links to guidance. It is for:
- professionals working in the adult social care sector
- unpaid carers
- friends and family who have a loved one in an adult care home
- personal assistants
Adult social care guidance
- Public Health Scotland: COVID-19 - information and guidance for social, community and residential care settings - version 2.6
- ARHAI Scotland: National Infection Prevention and Control Manual: Appendix 19: COVID-19 Pandemic IPC Controls for Health and Social Care Settings (scot.nhs.uk)
- Covid Sense campaign resources
Adult care homes
- NHS Inform: Coronavirus (COVID-19): Guidance for visiting loved ones in an adult care home
- My Health, My Care, My Home - healthcare framework for adults living in care homes
- Open with Care: supporting meaningful contact in adult care homes – principles
- Coronavirus (COVID-19): adult care homes visiting guidance
- Open with Care: adult care home visiting guidance - easy read
- Open with Care: adult care home visiting leaflet
- Coronavirus (COVID-19): financial support arrangements for social care providers
- Coronavirus (COVID-19): living with dementia in care homes
Vaccinations
- NHS Inform the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine
- Scottish Government: Coronavirus (Covid-19): vaccination
Treatments for COVID-19
- NHS Inform Coronavirus (Covid-19): treatments
- Coronavirus (COVID-19): treatment options - guidance for care homes