Resources
Below is a list of documents you are welcome to read, download and share. We’ll upload other resources that we hope you’ll find useful periodically so it’s worth checking back on this page for updates.
Please feel free to share these resources with your staff or organisation – and help us in our mission to continuously improve health and social care provision in Wales.
Categories:
Care Home Fees and Commissioning
- Memorandum of Understanding between Care Forum Wales, Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA), Association of Directors of Social Services (ADSS) Cymru; Registered Nursing Home Association (RNHA) now National Care Association (NCA); and Homecare Association –
memorandum-of-understanding.pdf - Care Fee Summary 2013 – 2015
Care Fee Summary 2013 – 2015.docx
Consultation Responses
- Consultation on Social Services complaints
Consultation on Social Services complaints.docx
not on server:
- CFW Inspection and Regulation response January 2014
[CFW Inspection and Regulation response January 2014.pdf] not on server
Care Forum Wales’ response to the Inspection & Regulation White Paper January 2014 - CFW response to Audit, Inspection and Regulation Consultation
[CFW response to Audit, Inspection and Regulation Consultation.docx] not on server
Response to consultation on Audit, Inspection and Regulation - CFW response to CHC framework consultation
[CFW response to CHC framework consultation.docx] not on server
Response to the Continuing Health Care Framework
CFW Response to Welsh Government Consultation on Complaints to Social Services
Dignity in Care
- Care Forum Wales: Dignity in Care Charter, a voluntary code
DIGNITY IN CARE CHARTER for website.doc - How to Guide: Learning Disabilites Care Bundle
1000 Lives: How to improve hospital care for people with learning difficulties
How to (22) Learning Disabilites Care Bundle web.pdf - A quick guide to Personal Independence Payment (PIP)
Personal Independence Payments – quick guide for carers looking after people with disabilities
personal-independence-payments-quick-guide.pdf - Care Council for Wales Introduction and Awareness Pack about The Social Services and Well-being Act: resources for social care staff
CCW Introduction and Awareness Pack (e).pdf
Health and Safety
- Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Health and safety in care homes
A sensible guide to health and safety risks in care homes
Health and safety guidance in care homes HSE Guide.pdf - All Wales Protocol Missing Children
Children who run away or go missing from home and care
All Wales Protocol Children who go Missing from Home and care July 2011.pdf - AgeUK Staying Steady
A guide for older people to keeping active and reducing falls risk
AgeUK-staying_steady_and-reduce-falls-PDF.pdf - Bowel Screening Information for Care Professionals
Bowel Screening Information for Care Professionals.pdf
Information for Care Homes and Associated Care Professionals
not on server:
- Prevention of falls from windows and balconies
- Paraffin-based-creams-warning-CYM
[Paraffin-based-creams-warning-CYM.PDF]Paraffin-based cream: fire risk warnings July 2016 - Paraffin-based~creams-warning-EN
[Paraffin-based~creams-warning-EN.PDF]Paraffin-based cream: fire risk warnings July 2016
Nutrition
- Food Standards Agency Food Guidance
Guidance on food served to adults in major institutions
FSA-Food-Guidance.pdf - Food Standards Agency Nutrition Guide
Guidance on food served to older people in residential care
FSA Nutrition Guide.pdf
Oral hygiene
- Welsh Health Circular
Improving Oral Health for Older People Living in Care Homes in Wales
WHC-2015-001-Improving-Oral-Health-for-Older-People-Living-in-Care-Homes-Final-09.02.15.docx
Records and data
- Guidance for Access to Health Records Requests
Department of Health guidance on access to health records for both living and deceased individuals
Access-to-Healthcare-Records-Dept-of-Health-guidelines-2010.pdf
Sensory Loss
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- Action on Hearing Loss guidance for care home staff
- Action on Hearing Loss: How to help care for people with hearing loss (Welsh)
Social care resources & links
- Care Council for Wales Introduction and Awareness Pack about The Social Services and Well-being Act: resources for social care staff
CCW Introduction and Awareness Pack (e).pdf - Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016
Link: https://socialcare.wales/resources-guidance/information-and-learning-hub/regulation-and-inspection/overview - Introducing the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act (handout)
Handout-–-Introducing-the-Regulation-and-Inspection-of-Social-Care-Wales-Act-.docx - Charter for Looked After Children and Care Leavers
This Charter has been developed to support best practice and the delivery of improved outcomes for looked after children and care leavers.
English: Charter-for-LAC-and-Care-Leavers-English.pdf
Cymraeg: Charter-for-LAC-and-Care-Leavers-Welsh.pdf