Free resources for supporting the safe use of medications in care facilities:
Click on the tabs on the left below to access the free resources.
This charter helps you understand your rights about the medicines you take and says what help you should get from your doctor, pharmacist and care staff.
This record is to stay with the resident whose medication is recorded on it
My Medicine My Record Easy Read
This is to help you understand your rights about your medicines in the care home. It also says what help you should get from your doctor, pharmacist and care staff
Improving the prescribing, dispensing and management of medication in care homes (36 page)
To help you develop safer professional practice in working with medicines for people in care settings – whatever your role you can improve and develop your practice sot that medicines are administered more safely and drug errors are reduced (69 page).
Framework
Making the best use of medicines across all care settings (28 page).
Risk Assessment
A folded card (A4) This assessment tool is for residents with multiple health conditions and medicines who will need higher levels of care, support and monitoring
Symptom Assessment Tool
To assist with identifying and monitoring residents with deteriorating health – it is a traffic light system that should help to quickly rate the symptoms and provide practical guidance on the next steps (12 page)
Training for safer medication
Homely Remedies guide
For local adaptation to fit within individual care home medication policies (24 page)
Preventing Medication Errors
Review of publications (40 page).
Managing and administering medication
A review of information and literature (40 page)
