{"id":12488,"date":"2025-07-07T14:16:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T13:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/carehomes\/?page_id=12488"},"modified":"2025-07-07T14:17:40","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T13:17:40","slug":"discharges-to-care-homes-and-care-at-home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/carehomes\/discharges-to-care-homes-and-care-at-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Discharges to Care Homes and Care at Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-regular-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">The quality improvement team for Care Homes and Primary Care Settings have been working with acute services, Care Homes and Care at Home to improve the quality of discharges from hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-light-accent-grey-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Resources for Care Homes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/carehomes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2025\/07\/Care-Home-Discharge-Feedback-Flowchart-v2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Flowchart: Raising a concern about a discharge <\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/carehomes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2025\/07\/Discharges-to-Care-Homes-Care-at-Home-Feedback-Form.docx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Form: Raising a concern about a discharge<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-light-accent-grey-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Resources for Care at Home<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/carehomes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2025\/07\/Care-at-Home-Discharge-Feedback-Flowchart-v2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Flowchart: Raising a concern about a discharge <\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-light-accent-grey-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Recources for discharging areas<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Video: <br>Discharging to a Care Home<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NHS Lothian Discharge to Care Homes\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/893675977?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"1520\" height=\"855\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/carehomes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2025\/07\/Day-of-Discharge-from-Hospital-to-Care-Home-Checklist.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Day of Discharge Checklist<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/carehomes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2025\/07\/Care-Home-Discharge-Poster.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Poster<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Page updated July 2025 AP &amp; HS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The quality improvement team for Care Homes and Primary Care Settings have been working with acute services, Care Homes and Care at Home to improve the quality of discharges from hospital. 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