Latest Inspection
This is the latest available inspection report for this service, carried out on 15th July 2010. CQC found this care home to be providing an Adequate service.
The inspector found there to be outstanding requirements from the previous inspection report but made no statutory requirements on the home.
For extracts, read the latest CQC inspection for Meadow Lodge Care Home.
What the care home does well The home had introduced good systems to ensure that people were receiving their medication as it had been prescribed. Random inspection report
Care homes for older people
Name: Address: Meadow Lodge Care Home 445 Hagley Road Edgbaston Birmingham West Midlands B17 8BL one star adequate service 17/03/2010 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: Ian Henderson Date: 1 5 0 7 2 0 1 0 Information about the care home
Name of care home: Address: Meadow Lodge Care Home 445 Hagley Road Edgbaston Birmingham West Midlands B17 8BL 01214202004 01212468279 info@meadowlodgecarehome.co.uk Telephone number: Fax number: Email address: Provider web address: Name of registered provider(s): Name of registered manager (if applicable) Coseley Systems Limited Type of registration: Number of places registered: Conditions of registration: Category(ies) : care home 22 Number of places (if applicable): Under 65 Over 65 22 old age, not falling within any other category Conditions of registration: 0 The maximum number of service users who can be accommodated is: 22 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: Old age, not falling within any other category (OP) 22 Date of last inspection Brief description of the care home Meadow Lodge is situated on the Hagley Road a short distance from Bearwood shopping centre. Bearwood has a variety of facilities including banks and public houses, shops and a library. Public transport into the City Centre is available directly
Care Homes for Older People Page 2 of 7 1 7 0 3 2 0 1 0 Brief description of the care home outside of the home. The home was originally two dwellings and has been converted to provide accommodation for up to 22 older people. The home has four shared and fourteen single bedrooms. The home has two lounges and two dining areas. Shower and toilet facilities are provided on the first and ground floors. On the first floor there are two bathrooms with bath seat lifts. There is a stair lift in the home. To the rear of the home there is a large garden that people living in the home can use. To the front of the home is a forecourt that provides some car parking. The home has a ramped access available. The service user guide/welcome pack states that the fees at the home are per regional Social Service/Council body contracts and the fee for people who are paying privately is 365 pounds per week. Care Homes for Older People Page 3 of 7 What we found:
We visited the home on the 15th July 2010 to assess what progress the home had made in meeting the Statutory Requirement Notice served on the 23rd June 2010. The home was required to comply with the notice by the 30th June 2010. The home was required to 1. Make arrangements for the safe and accurate recording handling safekeeping safe administration and disposal of medicines received into the care home. 2. Ensure that medication prescribed for people using the service is available in the home at all times so that it can be administered to them as prescribed. In order to assess whether the home had complied with the Statutory Requirements Notice a number of medication and care records were examined. We found on the whole that the receipt administration and disposal of medicines were being recorded so that it could be seen that people who were using the service were receiving their medication as prescribed. We found that the home was auditing all of the medicines on a daily basis to ensure that they were being administered as prescribed by the doctor. We found that the home was only out of stock of one medicine and the responsibility for this occurrence rested with the supplying pharmacy and was not due to any failings within the homes systems. We therefore found that the management of medicines had improved and the Statutory Requirements Notice had been complied with. We also found that the home had assessed the competency of the staff who were administering medicines and had concluded that all of these staff were competent to administer medicines safely and accurately. The home had plans in place to check the competency of each member of staff on a six monthly basis. 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 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 26 13 Practices in the home should 30/04/2010 follow good infection control policies. This will ensure that that cross infection is minimised. 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
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