Archived: Aisling Lodge

Updated 30 September 2017

We carried out this inspection under Section 60 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 as part of our regulatory functions. This inspection was planned to check whether the provider was meeting the legal requirements and regulations associated with the Health and Social Care Act 2008, to look at the overall quality of the service, and to provide a rating for the service under the Care Act 2014.

We undertook an unannounced focused inspection of Aisling Lodge on 31 August 2017. This inspection was completed to check that improvements to meet legal requirements planned by the provider after our comprehensive inspection on 5 May 2016 had been made. We inspected the service against one of the five questions we ask about services: is the service safe. This is because the service was not meeting legal requirements in relation to that question.

This inspection was carried out by one inspector. Before our inspection we looked at the information we held about the service. This included the provider’s action plan, which set out the action they would take to meet the legal requirement.

During the visit we spoke with three people who lived in the service and the registered manager. We also undertook a tour of the service to check the repairs of the identified works to make the environment safe had been completed.

Updated 30 September 2017

We carried out an unannounced comprehensive inspection of this service on 5 May 2016. During that inspection one breach of a legal requirement was found. This was because we found that not all areas of the building had been sufficiently maintained to provide a safe environment.

After the comprehensive inspection , the provider wrote and told us what they would do to meet legal requirements in relation to the breach. We undertook a focused inspection on 31 August 2017 to check that they had followed their plan and to confirm that they now met legal requirements.

This report only covers our findings in relation to this breach. You can read the report from our last comprehensive inspection, by selecting the 'all reports' link for 'Aisling Lodge’ on our website at

www.cqc.org.uk.

Aisling Lodge provides accommodation for up to 22 people who require support with their personal care. The service provides support for older people and people living with dementia. There were 18 people living at the service at the time of our inspection.

There was a registered manager in post. A registered manager is a person who has registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to manage the service. Like registered providers, they are 'registered persons'. Registered persons have legal responsibility for meeting the requirements in the Health and Social Care Act 2008 and associated Regulations about how the home is run.

At this focused inspection on 31 August 2017 we found that the provider had followed most of their plan, which they had told us would be fully completed by end of June 2017, and the legal requirement had been met.

We found that windows a number of windows had been replaced. Other windows frames and sills had been repaired and re-painted to make them safe. Work was still required to be undertaken to a door and a window. We were informed that this work was due to be carried out by 8 September 2017. On 12 September 2017 the registered manager informed us that this work had not yet been completed due to a delay with the contractor. The contractors have informed the registered manager that they will be undertaking the work by the end of the week.