The Care Attendant concept originated in England in 1973 as a result of a fictitious incident in a television serial which led to the directors of A.T.V. providing £10,000 to fund a pilot Care Attendant Scheme in Rugby. The Crossroads Care Attendant Scheme Trust was set up as a result to administer and expand the service.

In Scotland in 1977, Mr Douglas Wood with the enthusiastic support of Sir Ferguson Anderson, then Professor of Geriatric Medicine at Glasgow University, decided Glasgow should benifit from his concept of caring and set up a pilot scheme in the Maryhill district.

In June 1985, Crossroads Care Clackmannan was formed and became a Company limited by guarantee in February 1997. Crossroads is now well established all over Scotland.