- Homecare service
Mabikacare Limited
Report from 11 December 2024 assessment
Contents
On this page
- Overview
- Assessing needs
- Delivering evidence-based care and treatment
- How staff, teams and services work together
- Supporting people to live healthier lives
- Monitoring and improving outcomes
- Consent to care and treatment
Effective
Effective – this means we looked for evidence that people’s care, treatment and support achieved good outcomes and promoted a good quality of life, based on best available evidence. This is the first assessment for this newly registered service. This key question has been rated good. This meant people’s outcomes were consistently good, and people’s feedback confirmed this.
This service scored 75 (out of 100) for this area. Find out what we look at when we assess this area and How we calculate these scores.
Assessing needs
The provider made sure people’s care and treatment was effective by assessing and reviewing their health, care, wellbeing and communication needs with them. The registered manager assessed people’s needs before they started using the service to ensure their needs could be met. Staff told us they received good information about people’s needs.
Delivering evidence-based care and treatment
The provider planned and delivered people’s care and treatment with them, including what was important and mattered to them. They did this in line with legislation and current evidence-based good practice and standards. People and relatives told us staff provided good support for them to prepare meals and drinks. Staff completed regular training in nutrition, food safety and dementia awareness to ensure their knowledge was up to date.
How staff, teams and services work together
The provider worked well across teams and services to support people. They made sure people only needed to tell their story once by sharing their assessment of needs when people moved between different services. The service worked with health care professionals and the local reablement service, to support people who were recovering from a period in hospital. People told us staff worked well with other services, such as community nurses and GPs, to ensure they received the care they need.
Supporting people to live healthier lives
The provider supported people to manage their health and wellbeing to maximise their independence, choice and control. Staff supported people to live healthier lives and where possible, reduce their future needs for care and support. Staff escalated any changes to people’s health to the registered manager or with people’s family members. Action was taken to contact relevant healthcare professionals and make sure people had reviews if needed.
Monitoring and improving outcomes
The provider routinely monitored people’s care and treatment to continuously improve it. They ensured that outcomes were positive and consistent, and that they met both clinical expectations and the expectations of people themselves. Staff maintained records of the care they had provided, including whether people’s needs were changing. Records demonstrated changes were shared with healthcare professionals where needed.
Consent to care and treatment
The provider told people about their rights around consent and respected these when delivering person-centred care and treatment. People told us staff gained their consent before providing any care for them. Staff demonstrated an understanding of the Mental Capacity Act and consent issues. Staff understood the need to follow the best interest decision making process if people were assessed to lack capacity to consent to a specific decision.