COVID-19 support for home and community care providers
Updated PPE and IPC guidance for care workers delivering domiciliary care and supported living services
Information for those providing personal care to people living in their own home is now all consolidated within our general guidance on IPC and and care homes.
The latest government guidance can be seen in Infection prevention and control in adult social care: COVID-19 supplement.
For a wider view, see Beyond COVID: new thinking on the future of adult social care from SCIE.
Maximising the uptake of the vaccine
Read slides from the maximising uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine
(pdf, 2.0 MB) amongst home care staff across London webinar hosted by London ADASS.
COVID-19 easy-read guides
Providers can access COVID-19 easy guides with information about how to keep safe and well during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, including guidance around social distancing and face coverings by Mencap.
Information on vaccines for people with a learning disability and autistic people
NHS England and NHS Improvement have developed a short film for people with learning disabilities and/or autistic people. It describes what a vaccine is, how vaccines are made, why you should get a vaccine, whether a vaccine make you ill and how to decide whether to have a vaccine or not.
British Sign Language resources
A range of British Sign Language (BSL) Videos on COVID-19 vaccination are available.
Testing service for extra care and supported living settings
Information on COVID-19 testing in adult social care is available in the COVID-19 supplement to the infection prevention and control resource for adult social care.
Influenza Outbreak Response - SOP for Care Providers
Healthy London Partnership and NHS England and Improvement have published a SOP to support care provider managers and staff when managing residents with symptom(s) of Influenza or acute respiratory illness.
You can also find top tips on discharge from hospital to care home and examples of positive practice and other practical tools.
Download the SOP for care providers
London resource pack for day centres
London ADASS have created a resource pack to support the reopening of building based day opportunities for vulnerable people during COVID-19. Please note, this guide is designed to complement and not replace local guidance and professional judgement. Due to rapid changes to guidance during COVID-19, please check when using links to national and other guidance that it is the most up to date revision.
Personal assistants and care workers caring for people recovering from COVID at home
NHS has published a guide to help home care workers and personal assistants (PAs) to provide care and support to people who have left hospital after having COVID-19. It explains what to expect as these people return to their lives at home under new circumstances. The guide is called After-care needs of inpatients recovering from COVID-19. More information on supporting recovering after COVID-19 is available at www.yourcovidrecovery.nhs.uk.
The COVID-19 PPE guide for unpaid carers resource outlines personal protective equipment (PPE) advice for unpaid carers in the community, who may come to care homes or visit people at home. It has been updated to reflect the fact that carers no longer need to wear a face mask at all times, though they are advised to wear one in certain circumstances to minimise the risk of transmission of COVID-19 - updated 25 January 2023.
You can also refer to the Health and Social Care Act 2008: code of practice on the prevention and control of infections - updated 13 December 2022.