Blair Park Residential Care Home

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• Overview
• Assessing needs
• Delivering evidence-based care and treatment
• How staff, teams and services work together
• Supporting people to live healthier lives
• Monitoring and improving outcomes
• Consent to care and treatment

People’s needs were assessed prior to them moving into Blair Park. This helped ensure that staff could meet their needs. Assessments were used as the basis of a person’s care plans and these were reviewed regularly to make sure they reflected the most up to date situation. Staff understood their obligations around the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and put this into practice.

This service scored 75 (out of 100) for this area. Find out what we look at when we assess this area and How we calculate these scores.

People’s needs were assessed prior to them moving into the service. One person who had just moved into the service had a pre-assessment in place which contained good information obtained from the person as well as professionals. This helped check Blair Park was the most suitable place for the person to live. Staff were consistently reassessing people’s needs. A relative told us, “She (family member) is not interested in food. She eats like a sparrow. Staff suggested a grazing plate. It’s great. It has small sandwiches and other fingers foods. At mealtimes, she is given a small plate so she is not put off.”

The registered manager told us they assessed people’s needs regularly. Care plans were reviewed monthly and any changes made. A staff member said, “Communication is really good. We have handover notes to read and seniors and the manager are always reminding us to read the handover notes and care plans in case anything has changed.”

A needs assessment was completed when someone was considering moving to Blair Park. This assessment was then used to form the basis of the person’s care plan. We read one person’s care plan had been developed on the basis of the initial information received about the person. Staff had already put together a robust care plan, despite the person only recently moving in.

We did not look at Delivering evidence-based care and treatment during this assessment. The score for this quality statement is based on the previous rating for Effective.

We did not look at How staff, teams and services work together during this assessment. The score for this quality statement is based on the previous rating for Effective.

We did not look at Supporting people to live healthier lives during this assessment. The score for this quality statement is based on the previous rating for Effective.

We did not look at Monitoring and improving outcomes during this assessment. The score for this quality statement is based on the previous rating for Effective.

People were asked for their consent prior to care being carried out. We heard people being asked for their consent by staff. For example, before cutting up their food at lunch time.

Staff told us they undertook training in the Mental Capacity Act 2005. They said it was part of their induction. This helped ensure they understood the principles of the Act and put it into practice. They told us, “Some people have it (capacity) and some lack. They may have capacity in some areas and not others. Its individual to each person.”

The registered manager and staff understood the principles of the Mental Capacity Act 2005. We saw capacity assessments had been completed where a decision needed to be made to ensure a person’s safety. Following this assessment, staff and those involved in the person’s care made a best interests decision. This helped ensure that care was being carried out in the least restrictive way. When decisions were made on behalf of a person, the registered manager applied to the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards. This helped ensure that all decisions were made with the appropriate authority.