Updated 30 April 2019
The inspection:
We carried out this inspection under Section 60 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (the Act) as part of our regulatory functions. This inspection was planned to check whether the provider was meeting the legal requirements and regulations associated with the Act, to look at the overall quality of the service, and to provide a rating for the service under the Care Act 2014.
Inspection team:
The inspection was carried out by one inspector.
The service type:
Charlesworth Rest Home is a ‘care home’. People in care homes receive accommodation and nursing or personal care as a single package under one contractual agreement. CQC regulates both the premises and the care provided, and both were looked at during the inspection. The home accommodates up to 18 people and is split across four floors. Access to all floors was by lift and stairlift.
The service had a manager registered with the Care Quality Commission. This means that they and the provider are legally responsible for how the service is run and for the quality and safety of the care provided.
Notice of inspection:
This inspection was unannounced and took place on 9 and 10 April 2019.
What we did:
Before the inspection we reviewed all the information we held about the service. This included notifications the home had sent us. A notification is the means by which providers tell us important information that affects the running of the service and the care people receive. We used the information the provider sent us in the Provider Information Return. This is information we require providers to send us when requested to give some key information about the service, what the service does well and improvements they plan to make.
We spoke with six people who used the service, to ask about their experience of the care provided and five visiting relatives. We spoke with the registered manager, deputy manager, three senior care assistants and the cook. We received feedback from three health and social care professionals.
We reviewed a range of records which included, three people’s care files, four medicine administration records, policies, risk assessments, health and safety records, consent to care and quality audits. We looked at two staff files, the recruitment process, complaints, training and supervision records.
We walked around the building and observed care practice and interactions between staff and people who live there. We used the Short Observational Framework for Inspection (SOFI) at meal times. SOFI is a way of observing care to help us understand the experience of people who could not talk with us.