Background to this inspection
Updated
4 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 (IPC) 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 11 January 2021 and was unannounced.
Updated
4 February 2021
About the service
Arlington Manor is a residential care home providing personal and nursing care to 46 people aged 65 and over at the time of the inspection. The service can support up to 85 people.
Arlington Manor is a brand-new care home offering accommodation over three floors. Each floor has shared facilities such as lounges, dining areas and kitchens as well as single bedrooms.
People’s experience of using this service and what we found
People who lived at Arlington Manor were provided with good, personalised care by staff who were kind, caring and compassionate. People were happy at the home and felt safe and well-cared for. One person said, “It’s a first-class place.”
Staff delivered personalised care and support to each individual to make sure each person lived the life they wanted to live. All staff understood how to support people’s privacy, dignity and independence. Staff frequently ‘went the extra mile’ to make sure people had the care they needed.
Staff were motivated, knowledgeable and skilled to provide care to each person. They had undertaken training in a wide range of subjects relevant to their role and were encouraged to develop further. Staff knew about keeping people as safe as possible and followed care plans and risk assessment guidelines to ensure no-one was put at risk. Staff supported people to have maximum choice and control of their lives and staff supported them in the least restrictive way possible; the policies and systems in the service supported this practice.
People were offered a range of things to do, in groups or based on their own interests. Staff were developing numerous links with the local community so that people living in the home could feel involved. Any concerns were listened to and addressed and people’s wishes were taken into account as they approached the end of their life.
The service was very well-led by a registered manager who inspired the staff team to put the people they were supporting at the heart of everything they did. The provider’s values were put into practice by the staff and governance systems ensured the service provided was of very high quality. People, their relatives and staff were involved in improving all aspects of running the service and their voices were heard.
For more details, please see the full report which is on the CQC website at www.cqc.org.uk
This service was registered with us on 8 November 2018 and this is the first inspection.
Why we inspected
This was a planned inspection based on the service’s date of registration.
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.