- Care home
Eliot House
Assessment report published 15 April 2026
Contents
Ratings
Our view of the service
Date of assessment: 25 and 26 February 2026. Eliot House is a residential care service, providing personal care and nursing care to older people, people living with physical disabilities, mental health support needs and dementia. This assessment was completed due to the length of time since the service was inspected and rated.
People were protected from the risk of abuse, neglect and avoidable harm. When safeguarding incidents occurred, they were managed and reported appropriately. Risks to people’s health and wellbeing were managed well. Care plans and risk assessments were in place, which provided staff with detailed information about how to support people safely. Specialist healthcare support was arranged when needed to meet people’s needs. The provider ensured staff were recruited safely and were suitable to support people living at the service. Staff completed the training necessary to support people well and keep them safe. They received regular supervision and told us managers supported them well. We received mixed feedback about staffing levels which we shared with the provider. They reviewed people’s needs and increased staffing levels after the inspection.
Staff were kind, compassionate and treated people with dignity and respect. People’s independence was promoted and equipment and adaptations were in place to support this. Relatives described examples of managers and staff going above and beyond their duties, to provide people with care which resulted in an improved quality of life.
People and relatives’ views about the care and support provided were sought by the provider, through satisfaction surveys, reviews and regular meetings. People’s relatives and representatives were consulted when they were unable to make decisions about their care, to ensure any decisions made were in their best interests. Managers and staff knew people well and worked hard to provide them with individualised care which reflected what was important to them. The service worked with a number of community healthcare agencies and advocated on people’s behalf, when necessary, to ensure they received appropriate care and treatment and experienced an improved quality of life.
People's experience of this service
People and relatives were happy with the care provided at the service. They spoke warmly and affectionately about the manager and staff, who they described as kind, caring and loving. They felt the service had a friendly, homely feel. Some people and relatives felt staff and managers went above and beyond their roles to meet people’s needs. Most people and relatives felt staffing levels were appropriate to meet people’s needs. They felt staff were skilled and competent and felt able to raise any concerns with staff or managers. Some relatives felt the agency staff who provided cover at the service were not always as skilled as the permanent staff.
People and relatives told us staff encouraged people to be as independent as possible and to make decisions about their care and everyday lives when they could. When people were unable to express their wishes, relatives told us they were consulted, to ensure any decisions made reflected their family member’s best interests. People and relatives were very happy with the wide variety of activities and events available at the service and praised the impact this had on people’s lives.