• Care Home
  • Care home

Archived: The Beach House

155 Kingsway, Hove, BN3 4GR 07869 526299

Provided and run by:
Mrs M Holliday-Welch

All Inspections

4 December 2020

During an inspection looking at part of the service

The Beach House is a newly registered care home which will provide short term residential care to a maximum of 11 people who have been discharged from hospital with a positive Covid-19 status. There was no one living there at the time of our inspection but the service was ready to support people and we found the following examples of good practice.

• Staff had completed training about COVID-19 and how to prevent the spread of the virus.

• The provider was working closely with partner organisations to ensure people would be admitted and discharged from the service safely and appropriately.

• Communication aids were available to help people with hearing difficulties to understand what staff wearing face masks were saying to them.

• Bedrooms had their own tablet computers and support was available to use these. This was to enable regular contact with friends and family as well as providing other activities.

• The provider had supplied staff with bicycles to reduce the need to use public transport.

We were assured that this service met good infection prevention and control guidelines as a designated care setting.

Further information is in the detailed findings below.