Archived: Clarkson House Residential Care Home

Updated 20 February 2021

We carried out this inspection under Section 60 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 as part of our regulatory functions. This inspection was planned to check whether the provider is meeting the legal requirements and regulations associated with the Health and Social Care Act 2008.

As part of CQC’s response to care homes with outbreaks of coronavirus, we are conducting reviews to ensure that the Infection Prevention and Control practice was safe and the service was compliant with IPC measures. This was a targeted inspection looking at the IPC practices the provider has in place.

This inspection took place on 3 February 2021 and was announced.

Updated 20 February 2021

About the service

Clarkson House Residential Care Home is a residential care home providing accommodation and personal care for up to 28 people aged 65 and over. At the time of the inspection there were 17 people using the service.

People’s experience of using this service and what we found

At this inspection we found the evidence supported the overall rating of good and there was no evidence or information from our inspection and on-going monitoring that demonstrated serious risks or concerns.

Safe systems of recruitment were in place. There were sufficient staff to meet people’s needs and staff received the training and support they needed to carry out their roles. Risks to people were identified and well managed. Care records were person centred, reviewed regularly and updated when people’s needs changed.

The provider was meeting the requirements of the MCA and people were involved in decisions about their care. The home was clean, some areas of the home needed repair and redecoration. There was a planned on ongoing programme of redecoration and updating of furnishings.

Medicines were managed safely. People were positive about the food on provided and were supported with their health needs.

People were positive about living at the home. They told us staff were kind and caring. Staff and managers knew people well and we saw interactions were warm and friendly. People enjoyed the activities on offer and improvements were being made to the range of activities.

Everyone was positive about the way the home was being managed and the recent improvements that had been made. There were good systems in place to monitor the quality of the service provided.

There was a system for dealing with complaints. The provider had notified CQC of significant events such as DoLS authorisations and safeguarding concerns.

For more details, please see the full report which is on the CQC website at www.cqc.org.uk

Rating at last inspection

The last rating for this service was Requires Improvement (published August 2018).

Why we inspected

This was a planned inspection based on the previous rating. You can read the report from our last comprehensive inspection, by selecting the ‘all reports’ link for Clarkson House Residential Care Home on our website at www.cqc.org.uk.

Follow up

We will continue to monitor information we receive about the service until we return to visit as per our re-inspection programme. If we receive any concerning information we may inspect sooner.