About ENRICH Scotland

Graphic showing the component parts of ENRICH Scotland, as described in the text opposite.

The network brings together care home staff, residents and researchers to facilitate the design and delivery of research, to improve the quality of life, treatments and care for all residents. ENRICH Scotland works closely with NHS Research Scotland's Neuroprogressive and Dementia Network, the Ageing Specialty Group and the Primary Care Network, and is co-chaired by Dr Emma Law and Professor Susan Shenkin.

The Forum works collaboratively with NIHR ENRICH, making this uniquely fit for Scottish care homes, to establish which homes are ready to practice research.

There are now two Care Home Innovation Partnerships (CHIPs) working with ENRICH Scotland. The first CHIP was founded in 2018 in Lothian by Dr Jo Hockley and a group of managers from care homes interested in developing care home-led tests of change. This model has proved so successful, it has now been replicated in Glasgow City, with plans for more across Scotland.

Care Homes involved with the Lothian CHIP include St Raphaels; Cluny Lodge; Manor Grange; Braeburn; Chamberlain and Erskine Edinburgh. The Lothian Care Homes website is a useful and up to date resource for finding out more about the current work.

Care Homes involved with the Glasgow City CHIP include Riverside House; Orchard Grove House; Victoria Gardens Care Home; Hawthorn House; and Meadowburn Care Home.

Studies we support

ENRICH Scotland supports a variety of studies taking place across the countries care home landscape. Details of current studies can be found in the listing below.

Dementia Inequalities training game Show more Show less

Researchers from the University of Liverpool have created a game to help improve knowledge about dementia. They are looking for care home staff to play the game and answer some questions before and after. This is in order to assess how useful care home staff find the game

A member of the ENRICH team would attend the home to facilitate the game which would take around one hour (including time for the pre-and-post game questionnaire) Ideally, we would like several members of staff to play at the same time but we understand this may be challenging with availability.

Please get in touch with your local Clinical Studies Officer if you are interested in this. Alternatively, ENRICH can also be contacted on Tay.enrichscotland@nhs.scot.

Intergenerational work Show more Show less

Researchers at Stirling University and ‘Generations working together’ are looking at potentially doing a project on intergenerational work with care homes and primary schools.

This is to explore the potential social and mental wellbeing benefits of different generations spending time together.

There's no commitment at this stage, the team are looking for care homes that are happy for their details to be shared with the study team as potentially interested.

In order to be able to participate, care homes should not have any experience in intergenerational work. Please contact your local Clinical Studies Officer or tay.enrichscotland@nhs.net and we can pass along your details to the researchers.

Research in Scotland