Care Home: Lincoln House Community Support Centre

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What the care home does well Dormant. What the care home could do better: Dormant. Random inspection report Care homes for older people Name: Address: Lincoln House Community Support Centre Samuel Street Crewe Cheshire CW1 3WH three star excellent service 19/03/2009 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: David Jones Date: 1 7 0 2 2 0 1 0 Information about the care home Name of care home: Address: Lincoln House Community Support Centre Samuel Street Crewe Cheshire CW1 3WH 01270375341 01270501471 Telephone number: Fax number: Email address: Provider web address: http/www.cheshire.gov.uk Name of registered provider(s): Name of registered manager (if applicable) Cheshire East Council Type of registration: Number of places registered: Conditions of registration: Category(ies) : care home 34 Number of places (if applicable): Under 65 Over 65 34 0 old age, not falling within any other category physical disability Conditions of registration: 0 5 This home is registered for a maximum of 34 service users to include:- * Up to 34 service users in the category of OP (Old age, not falling within any other category) * Up to 5 service users in the category of PD (Physical disability aged between 48 and 65 years) Date of last inspection Brief description of the care home Lincoln House is a community support centre in Crewe that is owned and managed by Cheshire East Council. The main purpose of the home is to enable older people to live in the community by providing a diverse range of support as and when needed. This includes respite care and intermediate care for people discharged from hospital who Care Homes for Older People Page 2 of 7 1 9 0 3 2 0 0 9 Brief description of the care home are not yet ready to go home. The accommodation consists of 34 single bedrooms arranged in four areas, each with its own lounge and dining area, but is currently closed for refurbishment and extension. There are pleasant and attractive grounds for people to enjoy and adequate car parking facilities. The fees payable are based on a financial assessment of the individual. Care Homes for Older People Page 3 of 7 What we found: This service was dormant on the date we wrote this report. Dormant means that it is not providing a service to people. This is because it was temporarily closed for refurbishment. We are given to understand that it is planned to reopen the service in summer 2010. We inspect services by using information from people who use the service. If there is no one using the service, we can not do a full inspection and award a quality rating. Until people start using this 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 this in our guidance called How we manage dormant services, which is available on our web site www.csci.gsi.gov.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 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. Copies of the National Minimum Standards –Care Homes for Older People 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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