Jah Jireh Maryport

Updated 19 March 2026

Date of assessment 14, 15 and 23 April 2026.

Jah Jireh is a residential care home providing the regulated activity of accommodation and personal care to a maximum of 20 older adults who may have dementia, physical disabilities, sensory impairment and learning disabilities or autistic people.

At the time of assessment 17 people resided at the home; some people were living with dementia. There was no one living in the home with a primary need of learning disabilities or autistic people. The service user band of learning disabilities and autistic people had previously been part of the home’s registration. The provider no longer felt this was appropriate and applied to remove this from their registration.

The home is mainly, but not predominantly for people who follow the Jehovah’s Witness faith. The home is next door to The Kingdom Hall which is a meeting place for the congregation. People were supported to be involved with the religion of their choice.

We undertook this assessment due to the aged rating of the service. We assessed the quality statements from all key questions; safe, effective, caring, responsive and well led.

We found breaches of the regulations of safe care and treatment and good governance.

People and their relatives told us they felt able to raise concerns with staff and were confident that these would be addressed.

We found there was evidence of good transitions from other care homes into Jah Jireh.

Families generally told us they were happy with the care provided for their relatives.

People told us they felt they had enough to eat and drink. However, people felt there was a lack of choice at mealtimes.

We found evidence that people’s pressure care, nutritional needs and personal care needs were appropriately monitored, recorded and supported.

We identified gaps in medicines management systems that required improvement.

We found that risk assessments were not always completed.

Consent from service users were noted in care plans. There were specific consent issues recorded for people who were Jehovah’s Witnesses.

Care plans were person-centred and reflected each individual’s choices and preferences. People’s cultural and religious needs were clearly identified and appropriately supported.

Updated 19 March 2026

Families spoke positively about the support and care their relatives received and felt that staff knew their relatives well. People and their families told us they were very satisfied with the level and quality of care being provided. Families told us they felt their relatives were well cared for and the home was clean. One relative said, “The place is always clean and tidy and so is her room.” People were well groomed and were supported to dress to their individual preferences. People we spoke with felt the food was adequate but would like more choice and variety. People told us that they felt there could be more choice of activities. Families told us they felt able to raise issues and concerns when appropriate. People felt supported in their religious needs.