Care Home: Forest House

What the care home does well The home is well situated to access the local facilities and provides spacious and homely accommodation. People are supported to develop their independence skills within the home and all have up to date person centered plans in place. What the care home could do better: No particular areas requiring improvement were identified at this inspection. The service needs to register its manager. Random inspection report Care homes for adults (18-65 years) Name: Address: Forest House Church Square Newnham Road Blakeney Gloucestershire GL15 4AA one star adequate service 21/04/2009 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: Simon Massey Date: 1 3 0 5 2 0 1 0 Information about the care home Name of care home: Address: Forest House Church Square Newnham Road Blakeney Gloucestershire GL15 4AA 01594516825 Telephone number: Fax number: Email address: Provider web address: forest.house@craegmoor.co.uk www.craegmoor.co.uk Name of registered provider(s): Name of registered manager (if applicable) Parkcare Homes Limited Type of registration: Number of places registered: Conditions of registration: Category(ies) : care home 8 Number of places (if applicable): Under 65 Over 65 0 learning disability Conditions of registration: Date of last inspection Brief description of the care home 8 2 1 0 4 2 0 0 9 Forest House is registered to provide care for up to eight adults with a learning disability. The service is operated by Parkcare Homes, which is a subsidiary of the Craegmoor Healthcare group. The home is in the small village of Blakeney in the Forest of Dean. The building is a renovated and refurbished stone cottage. Whilst this gives the home character, it also means that there are some low ceilings and doorways, fairly steep staircases and steps to many of the rooms on the ground floor. The home provides 24 hour staffing. All service users have single rooms, some with ensuite facilities. There is a communal lounge, smoking area and dining room. Outside Care Homes for Adults (18-65 years) Page 2 of 7 Brief description of the care home there is a patio, outbuildings and stepped access to the garden. People who may move to the home and those involved in their care are offered information about the service including copies of the Statement of Purpose and Service Users Guide. Fee levels were reported to range between approximately #600 to #1200 per week, with a base fee of #1026 at the time of the inspection. Care Homes for Adults (18-65 years) Page 3 of 7 What we found: This random announced inspection took place on 13th May 2010. The Inspector met with the acting manager, who is applying to be registered and also spoke with some of the people living in the service. A number of records relating to staff recruitment were examined and also the medication storage and administration. An Inspection of the environment was also carried out. There have been no admissions since the last inspection and one person, whose needs were unable to be met at the home, has moved to more appropriate accommodation. The home has continued to use the care planning system that was in place at the last inspection visit. People at home at the time of the visit appeared happy and relaxed, and some were preparing meals or preparing to go out. One person explained how they were going out independently later in the day. Some people were out at college, and and some people had also been out the previous night. The medication storage and administration was checked and found to be in order. The Manager is introducing a new system of auditing checks. Staff must always complete training before they administer medication. The home have plans to put individual medicine cabinets in peoples bedrooms, and also plans for one person to start self medicating One service user who had an acquired brain injury has moved to a nursing home where their needs will be better met. All the requirements made at the last Inspection in respect of the environment have been met and the home was clean and hygienic at the time of this Inspection visit. The new manager is undertaking supervisions for all staff and also having staff meetings. Staff records were up to date and a new staff member confirmed that all the required checks had been completed before they had commenced working in the home. There have been a number of staffing changes since the last Inspection and the issues identified around staff dynamics have now been resolved with the restructuring of the team. The new manager has been in post for three months and is planning to submit an application to be registered. They were very positive about their role and the changes that were planned to make the service more responsive to the needs of the people living there. They felt they were receiving good levels of support and have previous experience within the same organization as a Deputy Manager. 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 Adults (18-65 years) Page 4 of 7 Are there any outstanding requirements from the last inspection? Yes £ No R 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 Care Homes for Adults (18-65 years) Page 5 of 7 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 Adults (18-65 years) Page 6 of 7 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. Copies of the National Minimum Standards –Care Homes for Adults (18-65 years) can be found at www.dh.gov.uk or got from The Stationery Office (TSO) PO Box 29, St Crispins, Duke Street, Norwich, NR3 1GN. Tel: 0870 600 5522. 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