Community Care

Formerly Living Well in Communities

Supporting people to live well for longer in their community

People in Scotland are living longer than ever before. The Community Care team works with health and social care services to enable more people to live well in their community for longer.

Our approach

Community Care focuses on three key areas to enable people to live well in their community for longer. They are:

Visit the following topic pages to find out more about our approach and to access case studies, evidence reviews, guides and tools:

• People with frailty
• People nearing the end of their lives

Our programmes

These programmes are currently under way or in development:

• Hospital at Home
• Focus on Frailty
• Frailty Improvement Programme
• Living and Dying Well with Frailty Collaborative (hibernated)

Further information can be found on the Our Programmes page.

Contact us

If you would like more information, please contact us at his.communitycare@nhs.scot