Care Home: Guardian House Nursing & Residential Home

What the care home does well This area is not applicable as this is a dormant service. What the care home could do better: This area is not applicable as this is a dormant service. Random inspection report Care homes for older people Name: Address: Guardian House Nursing & Residential Home Cobden Street Dresden Stoke-on-trent Staffordshire ST3 4EL one star adequate service 10/03/2009 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: Yvonne Allen Date: 2 9 0 1 2 0 1 0 Information about the care home Name of care home: Address: Guardian House Nursing & Residential Home Cobden Street Dresden Stoke-on-trent Staffordshire ST3 4EL 01782598330 01782644950 Telephone number: Fax number: Email address: Provider web address: Name of registered provider(s): Type of registration: Number of places registered: Conditions of registration: Category(ies) : Guardian Care Nursing care home 24 Number of places (if applicable): Under 65 Over 65 0 24 0 dementia old age, not falling within any other category physical disability Conditions of registration: 3 0 3 The maximum number of service users who can be accommodated is: 24 The registered person may provide the following category of service only: Care Home with Nursing (Code N); To service users of the following gender: Either; Whose primary care needs on admission to the home are within the following categories: Old age, not falling within any other category (OP) 24 Dementia (DE) 3 Physical Disability (PD) 3 Date of last inspection Brief description of the care home Guardian House is a purpose built home that provides nursing care for up to 24 older people. It is part of the Nightingale Group Ltd, Guardian Care Centre, Longton Road, Trentham, and Stoke on Trent. Guardian House is situated in Dresden, a residential Care Homes for Older People Page 2 of 7 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 9 Brief description of the care home area between Trentham and Longton and is close to local amenities. The home is set back from the main road and has its own small garden for people to enjoy. There is a small car park to the side of the home that is accessed from the drive. Accommodation is provided on two floors that are accessible by stairs or passenger lift. There are 16 rooms and four companion rooms available and 30 per cent have en-suite facilities. The home has a large open plan lounge that has three distinct areas, one social area where service users can enjoy participating in tivities, a quieter sitting area and the dining area. The home meets the needs of older people with general nursing requirments and can accommodate up to three people with dementia care needs. The home has been adpated to meet the needs of people with limited physical abilities. The home has adapted bathing and toileting facilities on both floors. Catering and laundry facilities are also provided at the home. The fees charged range from 521.00 to 600.00 pounds and then increase according to any one to one care required. There are additional charges for hairdressing. Care Homes for Older People Page 3 of 7 What we found: The Providers had told us that this service is dormant in that the home is closed and there are no people living there. However the service is still registered with us so we have regulatory obligations to carry out. We carried out this unannounced random inspection to satisfy ourselves that the service is dormant as outlined above. We visited the home and found that it was locked and there was no access. We were satisfied that there were no people accommodated in this home at the time of the inspection visit. 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 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 Older People 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 Older People 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. 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