• Care Home
  • Care home

Archived: 703 Burton Road

703 Burton Road, Midway, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 0DL (01283) 216301

Provided and run by:
Solor Care East Midlands Ltd

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All Inspections

27 June 2013

During a routine inspection

The atmosphere at the home was calm and welcoming. We found a new manager was in charge of the service having transferred from another service. Care workers and people using the service appeared to get on well and care workers spoke to people in a friendly and polite manner. All the current occupants were male. We spoke with four people using the service. One person who we met at our last visit told us they were still able to enjoy their music and were still happy living at the home. Another person told us they had been out to town, done what they wanted to do and had a lovely time with staff support.

One relative told us 'my son is looked after fantastically. He is always happy to return to the home after he has visited us at home. He has really developed as a person since being at the home and is always well presented'.

Four people living at the home told us or indicated they were happy and felt safe with care workers at the home.

The three relatives who spoke with us told us their sons were provided with a safe environment and were happy at the home. We found the provider had ensured staff employed by them were safe to work with people at the home.

Relatives also told us care workers at the home were well trained, continued to meet people's needs and were 'good at doing so'.

We saw people were provided with access to their local authority social workers who attended reviews. People's health needs included care from other health care professionals as required.

30 November 2012

During a routine inspection

We spoke with two people and observed another. We saw they were encouraged to be as independent as possible and followed individual activities within and external to the home supported by staff. We spoke to three staff who were working during the time we were at the home. They were supporting five male adults and additional staff were seen.

One person told us, 'I am well looked after here'.

Another person told us, 'I am okay here and I like living here'.

Our observations showed that when people were at the service they responded well to staff and were comfortable in their surroundings. We did not witness any instances of challenging behaviour during our visit. Two people told us they were satisfied with the staff who provided them with help and support.

We were notified the manager has left the service. We met staff who were supporting people at the home and knew people at the service well. We saw the rota was arranged around people's needs. We saw where necessary the help and support of staff from other parts of the same organisation were made available.