12 April 2023
During an inspection looking at part of the service
Homemead is a care home that provides accomodation and personal care for up to 30 older people in one adapted building. At the time of our inspection there were 23 people using the service including those living with dementia.
People’s experience of using this service and what we found
People using the service, their relatives and staff told us that the home was a safe place to live. People had risks to them regularly assessed, reviewed and minimised meaning they could take acceptable risks, and enjoy their lives in a safely. Any safeguarding concerns, accidents, and incidents were reported, investigated and recorded, appropriately. The home had enough staff to support people and meet their needs. Staff were appropriately recruited and trained including how to safely administer medicines. The home used Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) safely, effectively and the infection prevention and control policy was up to date.
Homemead was managed and led positively, in an open, transparent and positive way with an honest culture. The provider had a vision and values that were clearly set out, staff understood and followed. Management and staff responsibilities and accountability were clearly defined, and a good service provided that was regularly reviewed. The provider audits were thorough, and records kept up to date. Community links and working partnerships were established and maintained to minimise people’s social isolation. The provider met Care Quality Commission (CQC) registration requirements. Healthcare professionals told us that the service was well managed and met people’s needs in a professional, friendly and open way.
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.
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 was Good (published 22 November 2018). The overall rating for the service remains good. This is based on the findings at this inspection.
Why we inspected
This inspection was prompted by a review of the information we held about this service.
We looked at infection prevention and control measures under the Safe key question. We look at this in all care home inspections even if no concerns or risks have been identified. This is to provide assurance that the service can respond to COVID-19 and other infection outbreaks effectively.
We did not inspect the key questions of effective, caring and responsive.
For those key questions not inspected, we used the ratings awarded at the last inspection to calculate the overall rating.
You can read the report from our last comprehensive inspection, by selecting the ‘all reports’ link for Homemead on our website at www.cqc.org.uk.
Follow up
We will continue to monitor information we receive about the service, which will help inform when we next inspect.