• Care Home
  • Care home

Archived: 43a and 43b Morley Road

Overall: Good read more about inspection ratings

Tiptree, Colchester, Essex, CO5 0AA (01621) 819070

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All Inspections

23 January 2018

During a routine inspection

43a and 43b Morley Road is a ‘care home’. People in care homes received accommodation and nursing or personal cars as a single package under one contractual agreement. CQC regulates both the premises and the care provided, and both were looked at during this inspection. 43a and 43b Morley Road accommodates six people in two adapted buildings.

The care service has been developed and designed in line with the values that underpin the Registering the right support and other best practice guidance. These values included choice, promotion of independence and inclusion. People with learning disabilities and autism using the service can live as ordinary a life as any citizen.

At the last inspection, the service was rated good. At this inspection, we found the service remained good.

There was a registered manager in place. A registered manager is a person who has registered with the Care Quality Commission to manage the service. Like registered providers, they are ‘registered persons’. Registered persons have legal responsibility for meeting the requirements in the Health and Social Care Act 2008 and associated Regulations about how the service is run.

People were safe because staff supported them to understand how to keep safe and staff knew how to manage risk effectively. There were sufficient numbers of care staff on shift with the correct skills and knowledge to keep people safe. There were appropriate arrangements in place for medicines to be stored and administered safely.

The Care Quality Commission is required by law to monitor how a provider applies the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) and to report on what we find. DoLS are in place to protect people where they do not have capacity to make decisions and where it is considered necessary to restrict their freedom in some way. Management and staff understood their responsibility in this area. Staff were committed to ensuring all decisions were made in people’s best interest.

Staff had good relationships with people who used the service and were attentive to their needs. People’s privacy and dignity was respected at all times. People and their relatives were involved in making decisions about their care and support.

Care plans were individual and contained information about how people preferred to communicate and their ability to make decisions.

People were encouraged to take part in activities that they enjoyed. Staff supported people to keep in contact with family members.

When needed, people were supported to see health professionals and referrals were put through to ensure they had the appropriate care and treatment.

Relatives and staff were complimentary about the management of the service. Staff understood their roles and responsibilities in providing safe and good quality care to the people who used the service.

There was a management structure in place, which provided clear lines of responsibility and accountability. Staff were committed and supported. Quality assurance checks were carried out to ensure people received a high quality service which met their needs and protected their rights.

20 October 2015

During a routine inspection

The inspection took place on 20 October 2015 and was unannounced. 43a and 43b Morley Road provides accommodation and care for up to six people with a learning disability and physical disabilities within two bungalows. At the time of our inspection six people were living in the service.

The service had a registered manager in post. A registered manager is a person who has registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to manage the service. Like registered providers, they are ‘registered persons’.

Registered persons have legal responsibility for meeting the requirements in the Health and Social Care Act and associate Regulations about how the service is run.

The service was meeting the requirements of the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS). Appropriate mental capacity assessments and best interest decisions had been undertaken by relevant professionals. This ensured that the decision was taken in accordance with the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) 2005, DoLS and associated Codes of Practice.

People were safe because staff supported them to understand how to keep safe and staff knew how to manage risk effectively. There were sufficient numbers of care staff on shift with the correct skills and knowledge to keep people safe. There were appropriate arrangements in place for medicines to be stored and administered safely.

Staff had good relationships with people who used the service and were attentive to their needs. The atmosphere in the home was friendly and welcoming. People’s privacy and dignity was respected at all times. People and their relatives were involved in making decisions about their care and support.

People’s care plans were individual and contained information about how they preferred to communicate and their ability to make decisions.

People were encouraged to take part in activities that they enjoyed, and were supported to keep in contact with family members. They were supported to see health professionals and referrals were made to ensure they had the appropriate care and treatment.

Relatives and staff were complimentary about the management of the service. Staff understood their roles and responsibilities in providing safe and good quality care to the people who used the service.

There was an open and transparent culture in the service. The management team had systems in place to monitor the quality and safety of the service provided.

20 September 2013

During a routine inspection

We saw that care plans gave staff enough guidance on the ways in which each person preferred to be supported. Assessments of risks were carried out so that people were supported to be as independent and as safe as possible. Each person's healthcare needs were met.

We found that staff continually sought people's views and asked their opinions. We saw they worked in partnership with people and people were supported to be as independant as possible. We found that staff had a good understanding of how to best meet each person's care needs.

Staff undertook a range of training so that they could meet the needs of those living in the home.

13 February 2012

During a routine inspection

Some of the people living at Morley Road were not able to communicate with

us verbally.They shared their views through gestures, facial expressions and body

language wherever possible. We saw people were engaged in a range of activities, relaxed

and comfortable with staff and other people using the service.

Those people who were able to speak with us told us that they were encouraged to have

an active role in the day to day running of the service. People also told us that they liked

living in Morley Road and felt safe living there.