My Health, My Care, My Home - healthcare framework for adults living in care homes: easy read

Easy read version of the framework which provides a series of recommendations that aim to transform the healthcare for people living in care homes.


The multidisciplinary team

A multidisciplinary team is a group of healthcare and social care staff with different skills who work together to get the best life for the person living in the care home.

Care home teams must:

  • know how to get help from members of the multidisciplinary team without having to check with a GP first
  • know how to refer people to get healthcare services

Recommendations – what we want to see happen

  • regular multidisciplinary team meetings could happen face to face, online or a mixture of both

Administration and support of the meetings should be done by both the health and social care partnership and the care home.

  • people living in care homes should be able to have a family member, welfare guardian or power of attorney with them at multidisciplinary team meetings
  • multidisciplinary teams should look for ways to:
    • share what they have learned
    • develop their knowledge, skills and experience
  • if possible, each care home should be linked with a named GP practice
  • people should be given the choice to register with the GP practice linked to the care home they live in

They should not be made to change GP practice.

  • Health Boards should check how organisations get contracts to provide services and change them to make sure they follow the recommendations in this framework
  • Health and Social Care Partnerships must make sure people can get the specialist healthcare they need

Contact

Email: carehomeshealthcare@gov.scot

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