Infection control e-learning course

Part of e-Learning courses

Video-based, easy-to-navigate, essential e-learning to help organisations prevent the spread of infection.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) infection control for care providers

Part of Coronavirus (COVID-19) advice for social care

Read this SCIE quick guide that sets out best practice for care providers to remain safe and prevent coronavirus from spreading.

Webinar recording: COVID-19 and care providers

Part of Coronavirus (COVID-19) advice for social care

Watch the SCIE COVID-19 webinar hosted by Paul Burstow, Chair of SCIE. He was joined by Kathryn Smith, the incoming Chief Executive of the SCIE and a former care worker.

Giving medicines covertly: A quick guide for care home managers and home care managers providing medicines support

Part of Home care

This quick guide will help care home and home care managers to ensure that decisions about giving medicines covertly are made in the person’s best interests.

Helping to prevent winter deaths and illnesses associated with cold homes

Part of Prevention and wellbeing

Home care managers need to ensure that care staff can recognise people at risk and that they know how to document and share concerns appropriately.

Giving medicines covertly: overcoming the challenges

Part of Home care

This webinar covered evidence-based practical solutions for overcoming challenges to giving medicines covertly.

Advance care planning

Part of Person-centred care

A quick guide for registered managers of care homes and home care services

Effective record keeping and ordering of medicines: a quick guide for home care managers providing medicines support

Part of Home care

A quick guide for home care managers covering two important aspects of medicines support – record keeping and checking and ordering medicines.

Discussing and planning medicines support: a quick guide for homecare managers providing medicines support

Part of Care providers – improvement support

This guide will be helpful to managers of services where it has been agreed that medicines support will be included as part of the home care service.

Better home care for older people

This guide is for people who use home care, their families and their carers. It describes the standard of care you should expect from a home care provider and explains what you should do if your provider is failing to deliver good care.