Archived: Glenmoor House

Updated 2 February 2016

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 is 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.

This unannounced inspection was carried out on 1 December 2015 by two inspectors and an expert by experience. An expert-by-experience is a person who has personal experience of using or caring for someone who uses dementia care.

We reviewed information we held about the provider including, for example, statutory notifications that they had sent us. A statutory notification is information about important events which the provider is required to send us by law. We contacted the health and social care commissioners that help place and monitor the care of people living in the home that have information about the quality of the service.

We undertook general observations in the communal areas of the home, including interactions between staff and people.

During this inspection we spoke with eight people who used the service. We looked at the care records of five people. We spoke with the registered manager, and ten staff including care and support staff, and two visiting health professionals. We looked at five records in relation to staff recruitment and training as well as records related to quality monitoring of the service by the provider and registered manager.

Updated 2 February 2016

This unannounced inspection took place on the 1 December 2015. Glenmoor House provides accommodation for up to 58 people who require nursing or residential care for a range of personal care needs. There were 51 people in residence during this 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 service is run.

People’s care and support needs were continually monitored and reviewed to ensure that care was provided in the way that they needed. People had been involved in planning and reviewing their care when they wanted to.

There were sufficient numbers of experienced staff that were supported to carry out their roles to meet the assessed needs of people living at the home. Staff received training in areas that enabled them to understand and meet the care needs of each person. Recruitment procedures protected people from receiving unsafe care from care staff unsuited to the job.

People were supported to have sufficient to eat and drink to maintain a balanced diet. Staff monitored people’s health and well-being and ensured people had access to healthcare professionals when required. There were appropriate arrangements in place for the management of medicines.

People were safeguarded from harm as the provider had systems in place to prevent, recognise and report any suspected signs of abuse. Staff knew their responsibilities as defined by the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA 2005) and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) and had applied that knowledge appropriately.

Staff understood the importance of obtaining people’s consent when supporting them with their daily living needs. People experienced caring relationships with the staff that provided good interaction by taking the time to listen and understand what people needed.

People’s needs were met in line with their individual care plans and assessed needs. Staff took time to get to know people and ensured that people’s care was tailored to their individual needs.

People had their comments and complaints listened to and acted on, without the fear that they would be discriminated against for making a complaint.

People were supported by a team of staff that had the managerial guidance and support they needed to do their job. The quality of the service was monitored by the audits regularly carried out by the manager and by the provider.