11 August 2015
During an inspection looking at part of the service
We carried out an unannounced comprehensive inspection of this service on 16 January 2015 at which two breaches of legal requirements were found. The registered provider had not made appropriate Deprivation of Liberty (DoLS) applications for people who lacked capacity to make decisions and we found that there was not a sufficient number of staff available to meet people’s needs.
After the comprehensive inspection, the provider wrote to us to say what they would do to meet legal requirements in relation to these breaches.
We undertook a focused inspection on 11 August 2015 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 these topics. You can read the report from our last comprehensive inspection, by selecting the 'all reports' link for Appletree Care home on our website at www.cqc.org.uk.
Appletree Care Home provides accommodation, nursing and personal care for up to 77 older people, the majority of whom have dementia. The third floor supports people with residential care needs and the first floor and second floor supports people who also have nursing needs. On the day of our visit there were 70 people living in the home.
The home has a registered manager. A registered manager is a person who has registered with the Care Quality Commission 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 and associated Regulations about how the service is run.
At our focused inspection on 11 August 2015, we found that the provider had followed their plan and legal requirements had been met.
We found that the provider had employed additional care and nursing staff and staff had been deployed appropriately to meet people’s needs.
We found that that appropriate DoLS applications had been made for all people using the service who lacked capacity to consent to remaining in the home.