Care Home: The Poplars

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What the care home does well We are confident that the home is making improvements to the service and that they have addressed previous concerns to a satisfactory conclusion. What the care home could do better: The garden could be more utilised to involve residents in planting and growing their own food. Random inspection report Care homes for older people Name: Address: The Poplars Drayton Road Abingdon Oxfordshire OX14 5HY 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: Andy McGuckin Date: 2 3 0 6 2 0 1 0 Information about the care home Name of care home: Address: The Poplars Drayton Road Abingdon Oxfordshire OX14 5HY 01235523630 01235523630 haroon@caretech-uk.com Telephone number: Fax number: Email address: Provider web address: Name of registered provider(s): Name of registered manager (if applicable) Mrs Kellie-Jane Copley Type of registration: Number of places registered: Conditions of registration: Category(ies) : Caretech Community Services Ltd care home 6 Number of places (if applicable): Under 65 Over 65 0 learning disability Conditions of registration: 6 The maximum number of service users to be accommodated is 6. The registered person may provide the following category/ies of service only: Care home only - (PC) to service users of the following gender: Either Whose primary care needs on admission to the home are within the following categories: Learning disability (LD). Date of last inspection Brief description of the care home The Poplars is a large detached house situated within easy reach of Abingdon town centre. The home is registered for up to six people who have a learning disability. The home has a spacious lounge, kitchen and dining room and a large garden with patio area. Each resident has his or her own bedroom. Each resident is supported to use Care Homes for Older People Page 2 of 7 Brief description of the care home local health care facilities. The home is run and managed by CareTech Community Services Ltd, a national organisation with experience in providing services for people with a learning disability. The fees for this home range from GBP997.72 to GBP1,015.19. Care Homes for Older People Page 3 of 7 What we found: We undertook a random focused unnanounced inspection in the form of a site visit to the home. The focus of this visit was to establish what actions had been taken in respect of the last key inspection report, requirements, and recommendations. The main requirement was that the home ensures its staff are trained and made aware of the policies and procedures around the safeguarding of vulnerable adults. The site visit took in a tour of the building where we were introduced to all the residents and staff on duty. I was accompanied on the tour by the deputy manager. The building is being maintained to a good standard. Bedrooms were personalised to a high standard and the home has a warm friendly and homely atmosphere. The garden could be used more for the residents to be involved in planting and generally relaxing in. At present it does not present a environment where one would want to stay for long. The manager subsequently informed me that plans are in place to utilise the garden more for the residents to be more involved. We support this proposal. The manager joined the inspection as she had come from another meeting. We appreciate her desire to be involved regardless of her other commitments. Two care plans were looked at and evidenced that residents are fully involved in the construction of their care plans. They are presented in an easy read format and use visual aids appropriately. The home are continuing to make improvements to their methods of communication. Evidence was found that residents have a good range of social and educational activities and residents are well liked in the local community. Training records evidenced that staff have all been trained in safeguarding and undertake regular training in both core subjects and those allied to the residents they are caring for. The manager is in discussion with her senior manager about their future compliance with The Health and Social Care Act 2008 and is confident that the home will declare full compliance. 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. Online ordering from the Stationery Office is also available: www.tso.co.uk/bookshop Helpline: Telephone: 03000 616161 Email: enquiries@cqc.org.uk Web: www.cqc.org.uk We want people to be able to access this information. 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