Care Home: Aaron House

What the care home does well Dormant service What the care home could do better: Dormant service Random inspection report Care homes for older people Name: Address: Aaron House 255 Preston New Road Blackburn Lancs BB2 6PL one star adequate service The quality rating for this care home is: The rating was made on: 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. This is a report of a random inspection of this care home. A random inspection is a short, focussed review of the service. Details of how to get other inspection reports for this care home, including the last key inspection report, can be found on the last page of this report. Lead inspector: Christine Mulcahy Date: 2 4 0 3 2 0 1 0 Information about the care home Name of care home: Address: Aaron House 255 Preston New Road Blackburn Lancs BB2 6PL 0125456208 0125456208 alison.foster4@btinternet.com Telephone number: Fax number: Email address: Provider web address: Name of registered provider(s): Name of registered manager (if applicable) Mrs Alison Foster Type of registration: Number of places registered: Conditions of registration: Category(ies) : Mr Ahmad Ahmadi,Mrs Badrolmolouk Abbaszadi care home 23 Number of places (if applicable): Under 65 Over 65 23 dementia Conditions of registration: 0 The registered person may provide the following category of service only: Care home only - Code PC. To service users of the following gender: Either. Whose primary care needs on admission to the home are within the following categories: Dementia - Code DE. The maximum number of service users who can be accommodated is: 23. Date of last inspection Brief description of the care home Aaron House is registered to provide personal care and accommodation for 23 older people with dementia. The home is situated on the outskirts of Blackburn on the Blackburn to Preston main road. The main public park, shops and churches are nearby. The town centre is within walking distance. Care Homes for Older People Page 2 of 8 Brief description of the care home Aaron House is a detached property and the small front garden leads onto the busy main road. At the rear of the house is a small parking area leading to an enclosed grassed area. The interior of the home is on four levels. The dining room is situated at basement level and leads into the conservatory. The office and staff room and three bedrooms are also situated at basement level. The car park and rear garden are accessed via a ramp from the dining room. There are two lounges on the ground floor and residents are able to access the dining room only via a passenger lift. The upper floors are accessed via the staircase or the passenger lift. The majority of bedrooms have single occupancy but there are some double rooms available. One single bedroom has an en-suite facility. At the time of this inspection the weekly fees were #341.00. There were additional charges for hairdressing, toiletries and newspapers. A charge was also made for transport and staff escorts to appointments. Written information about Aaron House was available at the dining room entrance and on request. Care Homes for Older People Page 3 of 8 What we found: This service was dormant on the date we wrote the report. Dormant means that it is not providing a service to people. This is because it was closed for business, but does not want to cancel registration. We inspect services by using information from people who use the service. If there is no one using the service, we cannot do a full inspection and award a quality rating. Until people start using the service we will follow our guidance on dormant services. This means we will do a random inspection every twelve months. You can read more about our guidance called How we manage dormant services, which is available on our website cqc.org.uk What the care home does well: What they could do better: If you want to know what action the person responsible for this care home is taking following this report, you can contact them using the details set out on page 2. Care Homes for Older People Page 4 of 8 Are there any outstanding requirements from the last inspection? Yes R No £ Outstanding statutory requirements These are requirements that were set at the previous inspection, but have still not been met. They say what the registered person had to do to meet the Care Standards Act 2000, Regulations 2001 and the National Minimum Standards. No. Standard Regulation Requirement Timescale for action 1 7 15(1) Care plans must clearly identify the needs of people with dementia and provide sufficient directions for staff to meet those needs. 30/11/2008 2 8 12(1)(a) The manager must provide 31/10/2008 some formal means of monitoring the weight or body mass of people who are not able to stand on bathroom scales. This is especially important for those people who are on special diets to help them to gain or lose weight. 3 8 13(4)(c) In order to protect the health 30/11/2008 and safety of people living in the home, strategies to reduce the assessed risks to people?s health must be included in their care plan. 4 9 13(2) In order to promote their health and welfare people must be offered their medicines as their doctor prescribes them. 30/09/2008 Care Homes for Older People Page 5 of 8 Outstanding statutory requirements These are requirements that were set at the previous inspection, but have still not been met. They say what the registered person had to do to meet the Care Standards Act 2000, Regulations 2001 and the National Minimum Standards. No. Standard Regulation Requirement Timescale for action 5 21 23(2)(j) There must be enough suitable bathing facilities for people who are not independently mobile. Storage of potentially hazardous substances such as denture cleanser must be assessed for the risks they present to people using the service and action must be taken to reduce any identified risk. 31/12/2008 6 38 13(4)(a) 31/08/2008 Care Homes for Older People Page 6 of 8 Requirements and recommendations from this inspection: Immediate requirements: These are immediate requirements that were set on the day we visited this care home. The registered person had to meet these within 48 hours. No. Standard Regulation Requirement Timescale for action Statutory requirements These requirements set out what the registered person must do to meet the Care Standards Act 2000, Regulations 2001 and the National Minimum Standards. The registered person(s) must do this within the timescales we have set. No. Standard Regulation Requirement Timescale for action Recommendations These recommendations are taken from the best practice described in the National Minimum Standards and the registered person(s) should consider them as a way of improving their service. No Refer to Standard Good Practice Recommendations Care Homes for Older People Page 7 of 8 Reader Information Document Purpose: Author: Audience: Further copies from: Inspection Report Care Quality Commission General Public 0870 240 7535 (telephone order line) Our duty to regulate social care services is set out in the Care Standards Act 2000. 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