Leah Lodge Care Home

Updated 13 April 2021

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.

As part of CQC’s response to the coronavirus pandemic we are looking at the preparedness of care homes in relation to infection prevention and control. This was a targeted inspection looking at the infection control and prevention measures the provider has in place.

This inspection took place on 26 February 2021 and was announced.

Updated 13 April 2021

About the service: Leah Lodge is a residential care home that was providing personal and nursing care for up to 48 older people, some of whom were living with dementia. At the time of our inspection there were 33 people using the service.

People’s experience of using this service:

• People told us they felt safe using the service.

• The provider had appropriate risk assessments in place with guidance for care staff mitigating these.

• The provider supported people to take their medicines safely.

• The provider maintained a clean and tidy home.

• The provider met people’s nutritional needs and people told us they liked the food on offer.

• People were supported with their physical and mental health needs and care records contained information on these.

• People gave good feedback about their care workers and told us they were kind and caring.

• People’s choices were respected in relation to their care and care staff supported people to be as independent as they wanted.

• People’s privacy and dignity was promoted.

• People’s end of life and complex care needs were appropriately met.

• People told us they were involved in the formulation of their care plans.

• The provider had an appropriate complaints procedure and people told us they would feel comfortable raising a complaint if needed.

Rating at last inspection: Requires Improvement. (report published 20 February 2018).

Why we inspected: This was a planned comprehensive inspection based on the rating at the last inspection. The previous inspection was a comprehensive inspection.

Follow up: Going forward we will continue to monitor this service and plan to inspect in line with our re-inspection schedule for those services rated Good. We may inspect sooner if any concerning information is received.

For more details, please see the full report which is on the CQC website at www.cqc.org.uk