18 July 2019
During a routine inspection
Glebefields Care Home is a service providing personal and nursing care for people aged 65 and over. It accommodates up to 48 people across two separate wings, each of which has separate adapted facilities. One of the wings is designated to provide care to people living with dementia. There were 32 people living at the service at the time of our inspection.
People’s experience of using this service and what we found
People told us they received caring and kind support from compassionate staff. Staff respected people’s privacy and dignity. Staff told us the caring nature came from their hearts, staff were enthusiastic, motivated and supportive to each other.
The team was committed to respecting people’s individual needs, including communication and diversity needs. People were supported to be independent and their confidentiality was respected.
People were supported to have maximum choice and control of their lives and staff supported them in the least restrictive way possible and in their best interests; the policies and systems in the service supported this practice.
People were very well supported to meet their nutritional needs and complimented the food. Staff worked with a number of external professionals to maintain people’s health and to enable them to access health care services. External professionals were complimentary about the home and care provided to people.
People told us they received support that met their needs. There were opportunities for people to participate in various, meaningful activities of their choice. People knew how to raise any concerns and had confidence any concerns would be promptly addressed.
People told us they were safe and there was a sufficient number of safely recruited staff. People were supported to take their medicines as prescribed. Risks to people’s, such as surrounding mobility or skin integrity had been assessed and recorded. The lessons learnt process took place where the service could be improved further for people.
The service was well-led by a new manager who was in a process of registering with the Care Quality Commission. The culture they created was positive, inclusive and empowered staff and people. There was a clear staffing structure in place and staff worked well as a team. There were effective quality assurance systems in place that were used to monitor various aspects of the service deliver and plan further developments.
For more details, please see the full report which is on the CQC website at www.cqc.org.uk
Rating at last inspection
The last rating for this service awarded at the most recent full, comprehensive inspection was requires improvement (published 17 August 2018). We also carried out a responsive, focussed inspection that covered safe and well-led domains in January 2019. The overall rating remained requires improvement (published 20 March 2019). At our last visit in January 2019 we found one breach of regulation. At this inspection we found improvements had been made and the provider was no longer in breach of regulations.
Why we inspected
This was a planned inspection based on the previous rating.
Follow up
We will continue to monitor information we receive about the service until we return to visit as per our re-inspection programme. If we receive any concerning information we may inspect sooner.