17 February 2022
During an inspection looking at part of the service
Field Farm House is a residential care home providing personal care to 48 people aged 65 and over at the time of the inspection. The service can support up to 69 people.
Field Farm House accommodates 69 people across four separate wings, each of which has separate adapted facilities providing care to people living with dementia.
People’s experience of using this service and what we found
People were cared for by staff who knew how to keep them safe and understood the risks to their health and wellbeing. Risks to people’s specific needs [such as people who chose to smoke cigarettes] were discussed with them and documented in care plans, for staff to refer to.
The provider had taken action to ensure the home was clean and odour free. Staff wore personal protective equipment minimising the risk of avoidable infections.
The provider was adhering to the government guidance on visiting so people could stay in contact with their relatives and friends.
For more details, please see the full report which is on the CQC website at www.cqc.org.uk
Rating at last inspection and update.
The last rating for this service was requires improvement (published 18 February 2020).
Why we inspected
The inspection was prompted in part by notification of a specific incident. Following which a person using the service died.This incident is subject to investigation. As a result, this inspection did not examine the circumstances of the incident.
The information CQC received about the incident indicated concerns about the management of people living at the home who smoked. This inspection examined those risks.
We looked at infection prevention and control measures under the Safe key question. We look at this in all care home inspections even if no concerns or risks have been identified. This is to provide assurance that the service can respond to COVID-19 and other infection outbreaks effectively. This included checking the provider was meeting COVID-19 vaccination requirements.
We found no evidence during this inspection that people were at risk of harm from this concern. Please see the safe section of this full report.
You can read the report from our last comprehensive inspection, by selecting the ‘all reports’ link for Field Farm House on our website at www.cqc.org.uk.
Follow up
We will continue to monitor information we receive about the service until we return to visit as per our reinspection programme. If we receive any concerning information we may inspect sooner.