Care Home Nurses Information Hub

This page will be updated periodically. If you see a document or link that may be useful, or which needs updating, please let us know.

General Information

• NHS England » Case study: urgent community response, virtual ward and care home teams work together to enable people to stay at home – Cheshire West
• PPE visual guide poster
• Ambitions for Change: Improving Healthcare in Care Homes report by the British Geriatric Society
• Opportunities from NHS England.

Covid-19

• London Care Home vaccine information pack
• Resources for vaccination in care homes
• Covid-19 reflections
• QNI Long Nurse Group Network.

Supporting people with Dementia

• New video technology to support monitoring of care home residents in Wales (press release April 2022)
• Meeting the needs of people with dementia living in care homes video
• Walking with purpose guide for local adaptation
• Top tips on getting a COVID swab when someone has dementia
• Reducing anxiety for residents with dementia when wearing PPE
• Communication cards can help to talk about COVID-19
• HIN activities resources during COVID-19
• Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLs) COVID 19 guidance and summary
• British Geriatric Society short guide dementia and COVID-19
• Social care dementia in care homes COVID-19 advice
• Dementia in care homes and COVID-19 – Social Care Institute for Excellence.

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