0 Comments Horrific report on Northern Ireland care home - residents endured sex assaults and spent last moments of their lives in appalling circumstances at Dunmurry Manor BelfastTelegraph.co.uk Residents at a Northern Ireland care home endured horrific treatment, including physical and sexual assaults, with many spending the last few months of their lives living in appalling circumstances, a damning report has found https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/horrific-report-on-northern-ireland-care-home-residents-endured-sex-assaults-and-spent-last-moments-of-their-lives-in-appalling-circumstances-at-dunmurry-manor-37005517.html https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/incoming/article37005595.ece/ab7be/AUTOCROP/h342/Dunmurry_Manor_Care_Home_Report.jpg Email Residents at a Northern Ireland care home endured horrific treatment, including physical and sexual assaults, with many spending the last few months of their lives living in appalling circumstances, a damning … [Read more...] about Horrific report on Northern Ireland care home
Care quality commission reports on care homes
Burton care home told it ‘requires improvement’ after inspection by watchdog
A care home in Burton has apologised after health watchdog inspectors rated it as 'requires improvement'. Poplars Nursing and Residential Care Home, in Rolleston Road, which is run by Monarch Healthcare, was told that while its staff showed kindness and consideration to its residents, workers were not always available for support. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) conducted an unannounced inspection at the care home on February 26, with the report now having been released. The inspectors reported that the care home, ‘required improvement’ after looking at safety, effectiveness, responsiveness and how well led it was. They did rate it as ‘good’ in how it cared for residents. The care home’s registered manager Alison Jenkins told the Burton Mail that the report was largely positive, citing that its residents were well cared for. The care home accommodates up to 60 people. At the time of the inspection 48 people were there. The inspector found that … [Read more...] about Burton care home told it ‘requires improvement’ after inspection by watchdog
A troubled care home has announced it will close
0 Post a comment Friday, 16 March 2018 - Health by Roger Williams - Dartmouth Chronicle [email protected] Staff at River View in Townstal, once the potential site for a new health and wellbeing centre, were told on Tuesday. Later on the same day, residents and their families were informed. As a nursing home, River View was criticised by Care Quality Commission inspectors. It lost its intermediate care beds, sometimes termed hospital beds, and now, is closing completely. When inspectors last visited the home before publishing their recent critical report, there were 37 residents. On the publishing their report, there were 30 residents. On the announcement of its planned closure, there are 22 residents.A spokesman for Devon County Council and Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust said that the operators of River View care home in Dartmouth, High Trees, have informed them that they plan to close the care home. A spokesman for the council and the NHS … [Read more...] about A troubled care home has announced it will close
‘Inadequate’ care homes placed into ‘special measures’
Two care homes have been placed into special measures after their monitoring inspections found them to be ‘inadequate’. Greenfield House in Morecambe and Greenroyd Residential Home in Hest Bank, both operated by Greenroyd Residential Home Limited, were visited by Care Quality Commission inspectors at the end of last year. Greenfield House is registered to provide care and accommodation for up to 33 people living with dementia. It had last been rated in 2016 as ‘requiring improvement’ but inspectors found those changes had not been made. Inspectors found five safeguarding incidents had occurred at the home since their last visit, with staff having reported concerns to management but unsure what action was taken. No cleaner was employed at the home and staff did not have time to carry out additional duties. Infection control processes were inconsistent, malodours were noted and some bedrooms were dirty. During the inspection stained bed bases, stained chairs and … [Read more...] about ‘Inadequate’ care homes placed into ‘special measures’
‘Inadequate’ care home needed more staff to keep residents safe
A CARE home has been ranked inadequate by quality watchdogs who found there were not enough staff to keep residents safe. Care Quality Commission inspectors who visited Duchess Gardens Care Centre in Bingley also said a lot of staff training was out of date and some staff supervisions were overdue. Information about how to evacuate certain people if fire broke out was also missing from the home’s emergency files. The home, which was caring for 64 people at the time of the CQC’s inspection in October last year, was only taken over by Qualia Care Limited in February. The service had been in administration before that and at the last inspection in September 2015 the home was told to make improvements. A spokesperson for the home said: “We are disappointed that the home falls below the high quality standards that we set. There are some historic and long-standing issues dating back to the previous operator, which everyone is working hard to address. There is a … [Read more...] about ‘Inadequate’ care home needed more staff to keep residents safe