Care Home actions relating to COVID: FOI release

Clinical Guidance for Nursing Home and

Residential Care Residents and COVID-19

First published 13 March 2020

26 March 2020: updated to include: HPS advice on care home admissions, shielding advice, visiting;

15 May 2020: updated to include updated advice on:advice on PPE; admissions and testing; strengthening advice on infection control; health care support for residents; caring for someone depending on their COVID-19 status; workforce; staff and resident wellbeing; mutual support for care homes; executive summary

COVID-19 Palliative Care Toolkit

First published 27 April 2020

30 April 2020 updated appendix N title

Coronavirus (COVID-19): social care staff

support fund guidance

First published 24 June 2020

30 June 2020: Changes made to eligible workers and fund criteria pages to  reference ILF Scotland

Adult care homes visiting guidance: Cabinet

Secretary for Health letter

First published 25 June 2020

Replaced by later versions on 23 July and 8 Aug 2020

Visiting Guidance for Adult Care Homes in

Scotland

First published 25 June 2020

Updated on dated 7 August 2020 (published 8 August 2020) to include:

• Updated advice on moving to stages three and four;
• Indicative dates for progression through the
• visiting pathway;
• Advice on changing the designated visitor
• between and within stages;
• Inclusion of a checklist to support development
• of visiting protocol in line with mitigating
• measures required to protect people;
• Importance of participation in testing
• programmes;
• Additional information on essential visitors
• Advice on indoor communal activity for stage four;
• Advice on external audit / monitoring to ensure that all the mitigating measures are in place and adherence is high;
• General improvements based on feedback

Updated on 3 September 2020 (published 3

September 2020) to include:

• Updated advice on changing the designated visitor.
• Content to reaffirm / clarify locus of guidance.
• Proofing edits in line with house style.
• Update to Stage 3 visiting text (table on pages 8-9).
• Update to clarify family visiting in residents’
• rooms.
• Future focus of both visitors’ protocols updated (Appendices).
• Title updated to include ‘Family and Friends’.
• Essential visits updated to include care home discretion.

• Flexibility emphasised in end of life care situations.
• Review arrangements added for any temporary local restrictions to visiting.

Care Homes Information Leaflet for visitors

First published 25 June 2020

8 August 2020: updated to reflect new guidance.

3 September 2020: Title updated to Care Homes

Information Leaflet for visitors (family and friends)