• Care Home
  • Care home

Archived: Lancaster Grange

Goodwin Lane, Fernwood, Newark, Nottinghamshire, NG24 3GW (01636) 611742

Provided and run by:
Barchester Healthcare Homes Limited

All Inspections

10 January 2014

During a routine inspection

Prior to our visit we reviewed all the information we had received from the provider. During the visit we spoke with five people who used the service and a relative and asked them for their views. We also spoke with two care workers, the activities coordinator, a housekeeper, two nurses and the regional operations manager. We also looked at some of the records held in the service including the care files for three people. We observed the support people who used the service received from staff and carried out a brief tour of the building. There were two of the four units in use.

We found people gave consent to their care and treatment and received care and support that met their needs. . A person who used the service told us, 'If I say I don't like something it doesn't happen again. I am treated with great respect here.' Another person said, 'I like it here, I want to stay if I can.'

We found that suitable arrangements were in place to manage people's medication, which was kept in their room, and ensure they received any medication they needed. A person who used the service told us, 'Its safe, its mine, is not muddled up with someone else's.'

We found there were sufficient staff to meet people's needs. A person who used the service told us, 'I know all the staff now, they are all very good. I think they know me now as well.' A relative told us, 'The staff are 110 per cent perfection. You couldn't get nicer staff.'

We found the provider assessed and monitored the quality of the service. A care worker said, 'Would I put my mum in this home? The answer is yes I would. There is quality and person centred care here.' A person who used the service told us, 'The whole place is kept clean. I have been in four homes and this is the best one.'