Archived: Hillside Care Centre

Updated 12 February 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.

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

The service had been identified for use by the Local Authority as a designated care setting in response to the Winter Plan for people discharged from hospital with a positive Covid-19 status. This inspection was to ensure that the service was compliant with infection control and prevention measures.

This inspection took place on 22 October 2020 and was announced.

Updated 12 February 2021

Hillside Care Centre provides personal care to a maximum of 22 older people, younger people and people with a sensory impairment and/or people who lived with dementia.

We found the following examples of good practice.

¿ A self-contained unit within the home could care for people safely who had tested positive for Covid-19 in hospital and needed to transfer to a care home under the Winter Discharge Designation Settings scheme.

¿ The service supplied cooked meals to the local community, this method of delivering hot home-made cooked meals was to be utilised within the designated setting scheme, to ensure people received a nutritious meal, in a way which reduced the risk of cross infection with other people living in the home.

¿ Each bedroom had their own ensuite facilities. There was a separate kitchen area for people to use.

¿ Laundry arrangements meant people’s clothing and bedding would be laundered individually to reduce the risk of cross contamination.

¿ Staff were to be deployed to work solely within the unit. They would not work in other health or social care services which reduced the risk of cross transmission.

We were assured that this service met good infection prevention and control guidelines as a designated care setting.

Further information is in the detailed findings below.