15 March 2023
During an inspection looking at part of the service
Ainsdale Court is a residential care home providing personal and nursing care to up to 46 people older people. At the time of our inspection there were 42 people using the service. All bedrooms and facilities are based on the ground floor of the building.
People’s experience of using this service and what we found
Systems were in place to monitor people's living environment, care planning, health and welfare and records maintained at the service. People's care and support was monitored on a regular basis. An on-going process of improvements were in place to continue to enhance people’s experience of living at the service. The service worked with other agencies to identify and improve people health and wellbeing.
People received their medicines when needed. Risks to people were identified and where possible minimised. Systems were in place for infection prevention and control. People felt safe living at the service and spoke positively about the service they received.
People were supported to have maximum choice and control of their lives and staff supported them in the least restrictive way possible and in their best interests; the policies and systems in the service supported this practice. People were supported by staff who received training for their role.
For more details, please see the full report which is on the CQC website at www.cqc.org.uk
Rating at last inspection
The last rating for this service was requires improvement (published 13 February 2023).
At our last inspection we recommended that the provider reviewed and followed best practice in relation environmental and records management. At this inspection we found the provider had acted on the recommendations and further checks had been implemented in relation people’s living environment and the maintenance of records.
Why we inspected
This inspection was prompted by a review of the information we held about this service.
We looked at infection prevention and control measures under the Safe key question. We look at this in all care home inspections even if no concerns or risks have been identified. This is to provide assurance that the service can respond to COVID-19 and other infection outbreaks effectively.
For those key questions not inspected, we used the ratings awarded at the last inspection to calculate the overall rating.
The overall rating for the service has changed from requires improvement to good based on the findings of this inspection.
You can read the report from our last comprehensive inspection, by selecting the ‘all reports’ link for Ainsdale Court on our website at www.cqc.org.uk.
Follow up
We will continue to monitor information we receive about the service, which will help inform when we next inspect.