Inspection on 13/07/09 for 55 Lincoln Avenue
Also see our care home review for 55 Lincoln Avenue for more information
This inspection was carried out on 13th July 2009.
It is an annual review prepared by CQC after examining previous reports and information from the provider. At the time of this report, CQC judged the service to be Excellent.
The inspector made no statutory requirements on the home as a result of this inspection
and there were no outstanding actions from the previous inspection report.
Annual service review
Name of Service: 55 Lincoln Avenue The quality rating for this care home is: The rating was made on: three star excellent service A quality rating is our assessment of how well a care home, agency or scheme is meeting the needs of the people who use it. We give a quality rating following a full review of the service. We call this review a ‘key’ inspection We do an annual service review when there has been no key inspection of the service in the last 12 months. It does not involve a visit to the service but is a summary of new information given to us, or collected by us, since the last key inspection or annual service review.
Has this annual service review changed our opinion of the service?
No You should read the last key inspection report for this service to get a full picture of how well outcomes for the people using the service are being met. The date by which we will do a key inspection: Name of inspector: Jenny Elliott Date of this annual service review: 1 3 0 7 2 0 0 9 Annual Service Review Page 1 of 4 Information about the service
Address of service: 55 Lincoln Avenue Ash Rise Saxmundham Suffolk IP17 1BY 01728603148 01728603148 Telephone number: Fax number: Email address: Provider web address:
Name of registered provider(s): Conditions of registration: Category(ies) : learning disability physical disability Suffolk County Council Number of places (if applicable): Under 65 Over 65 3 3 0 0 Have there been any changes in the ownership, management or the No service’s registration details in the last 12 months? If yes, what have they been: Date of last key inspection: Date of last annual service review (if applicable): Brief description of the service Lincoln Avenue is a Local Authority respite home, where short-term respite care is provided for up to three adults who have learning disabilities, and some may also have physical disabilities. The home can accommodate a maximum of 3 customers at any given time. Respite visits usually vary between a few days and a 2 weeks stay. Lincoln Avenue rent the property from Heritage Housing Association. The house is situated on a housing estate and is near to the local amenities on offer, in the Saxmundham town centre. Respite care fees are charged at a nightly rate of £9.55. Annual Service Review Page 2 of 4 Service update since the last key inspection or annual service review:
What did we do for this annual service review? To carry out the review of this service we looked at all of the information we have received since the previous review. This included: The Annual Quality Assurance Assessment (AQAA) a self-assessment form completed by the manager of the service. Records held by us about the service. What has this told us about the service? The manager returned the completed AQAA when we asked for it. The form provides information about how the service operates and the quality of the service provided, and requires the manager to provide information about how this can be demonstrated. The information provided told us that the home continues to meet the needs of the people who use it. The AQAA also asks the service to outline plans for continued development. Some of the responses in these sections would benefit from further thought and development. A number of responses to this question said continue to ... provide the service currently on offer. The AQAA also said that the home did not have an annual development plan for quality assurance. Such a plan may help the service to define better how improvements could be made. We have not received any concerns or complaints about the service. What are we going to do as a result of this annual service review? We are not going to change our inspection plan, we will carry out a full inspection of the service by 29th April 2010. However, we can carry out an inspection at any time should we feel this is necessary. Annual Service Review Page 3 of 4 Reader Information
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