Updated 5 November 2019
The inspectionWe carried out this inspection under Section 60 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (the Act) as part of our regulatory functions. We checked whether the provider was meeting the legal requirements and regulations associated with the Act. We looked at the overall quality of the service and provided a rating for the service under the Care Act 2014.
Inspection team
The first day of the inspection was carried out by one inspector and one Expert by Experience. An Expert by Experience is a person who has personal experience of using or caring for someone who uses this type of care service. The second day of the inspection was carried out by one inspector.
Service and service type
Ridgeway Manor Residential Care Home is a ‘care home’. People in care homes receive accommodation and nursing or personal care as single package under one contractual agreement. CQC regulates both the premises and the care provided, and both were looked at during this inspection.
The service had a manager registered with the Care Quality Commission. This means that they and the provider are legally responsible for how the service is run and for the quality and safety of the care provided. The registered manager was in the process of stepping down from this role. The deputy manager was stepping up to the role of acting manager and the registered manager was supporting them two days a week.
Notice of inspection
This inspection was unannounced.
What we did before the inspection
The provider completed a Provider Information Return (PIR). This is a form that asks the provider to give some key information about the service, what the service does well and improvements they plan to make. The provider returned the PIR and we took this into account when we made judgements in this report. We reviewed other information that we held about the service such as notifications. These are events that happen in the service that the provider is legally required to tell us about. We used all of this information to plan our inspection.
During the inspection
We spoke with seven people who lived at the service and one relative. We used the Short Observational Framework for Inspection (SOFI). SOFI is a way of observing care to help us understand the experience of people who could not talk with us. We also spoke with eight members of staff, this included the acting manager, assistant manager, the cook, the activities coordinator and care staff. We spoke with one visiting professional. We reviewed a sample of people’s care and support records. We also looked at records relating to staff recruitment and the management of the service such as incident and accident records, training records, policies, audits and complaints.
After the inspection
We contacted seven health and social care professionals who regularly visit the service and received feedback from three of them.