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Broadlands Park Residential Care Home

27 The Green, Upton, Norwich, NR13 6BA Tel: 01493751521

Date of Inspection: 09 December 2013 Date of Publication: January 2014

We inspected the following standards as part of a routine inspection. This is what we found:

Care and welfare of people who use services Action needed

Meeting nutritional needs Met this standard

Management of medicines Met this standard

Supporting workers Action needed

Assessing and monitoring the quality of service provision

Action needed


Details about this location

Registered Provider R J & S F Hollyman

Registered Manager Mrs. Sharon Elizabeth Huxtable

Overview of the service

Broadlands Park Residential Care Home provides accommodation and personal care for up to 34 older people,some of whom may have dementia.

Type of service Care home service without nursing

Regulated activity Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personalcare


Contents

When you read this report, you may find it useful to read the sections towards the back called 'About CQC inspections' and 'How we define our judgements'.

Page

Summary of this inspection:

Why we carried out this inspection 4

How we carried out this inspection 4

What people told us and what we found 4

What we have told the provider to do 4

More information about the provider 5

Our judgements for each standard inspected:

Care and welfare of people who use services 6

Meeting nutritional needs 8

Management of medicines 9

Supporting workers 11

Assessing and monitoring the quality of service provision 13

Information primarily for the provider:

Action we have told the provider to take 15

About CQC Inspections 17

How we define our judgements 18

Glossary of terms we use in this report 20

Contact us 22


Summary of this inspection

Why we carried out this inspection

This was a routine inspection to check that essential standards of quality and safety referred to on the front page were being met. We sometimes describe this as a scheduled inspection.

This was an unannounced inspection.

How we carried out this inspection

We looked at the personal care or treatment records of people who use the service, carried out a visit on 9 December 2013, observed how people were being cared for and talked with people who use the service. We talked with staff.

What people told us and what we found

We looked at care plans and found detailed information that told us about the person receiving the care. However, we found records about risks to people were not always accurate. Where risks had been identified the action had not always been carried out and reviews on risks not completed. People were not always dressed appropriately and their individual social needs were not always met.

The meals and drinks provided were suitable and met the individual needs such as finger foods for people who preferred this way of eating. Staff sat with people during the meal and encouraged the people to eat their food. The catering staff were aware of people who needed their meals supplemented or fortified. Drinks were available at regular intervals throughout the day. We found people were supported well with their nutritional needs.

The home supported the carers in the staff team with regular supervisions and some training. However, some training was overdue and some senior staff members and ancillary staff had not received regular supervision. Some staff members were not always fully supported to carry out their work.

The manager informed us that audits for ensuring the quality of the service provided was assessed and monitored had not been completed. People who lived in the home had not been asked their views on the service. However, we had not received any complaints about this home and one comment received from a relative in 2012 complimented the home on the service it provided.

You can see our judgements on the front page of this report.

What we have told the provider to do

We have asked the provider to send us a report by 11 February 2014, setting out the action they will take to meet the standards. We will check to make sure that this action is


taken.

Where providers are not meeting essential standards, we have a range of enforcement powers we can use to protect the health, safety and welfare of people who use this service(and others, where appropriate). When we propose to take enforcement action, our decision is open to challenge by the provider through a variety of internal and external appeal processes. We will publish a further report on any action we take.

More information about the provider

Please see our website www.cqc.org.uk for more information, including our most recent judgements against the essential standards. You can contact us using the telephone number on the back of the report if you have additional questions.

There is a glossary at the back of this report which has definitions for words and phrases we use in the report.


Our judgements for each standard inspected

Care and welfare of people who use services Action needed

People should get safe and appropriate care that meets their needs and supports their rights

Our judgement

The provider was not meeting this standard.

Care and treatment was not always planned and delivered in a way that was intended to ensure people's safety and welfare.

We have judged that this has a minor impact on people who use the service, and have toldthe provider to take action. Please see the 'Action' section within this report.

Reasons for our judgement

The manager shared with us an admission form completed prior to a person being offered a place within the home. We were told how the person was visited in their own home and assessed. The details we read gave a picture of the support this person would require. Wesaw relevant information that would enable staff, once the person was admitted, to offer suitable care while a more detailed care plan was completed.

During this inspection we looked through four sets of care plans and noted that the information recorded in these folders was individualised. We saw information about the direct support people required to meet their care and support needs. We read risk assessments such as the Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST) that was completed for each person. This tool is designed to show where people may be at risk of malnutrition. We noted, following the completion of this tool and on the recording completed for two people that they were of medium/high risk of malnutrition. The action to take was to encourage suitable foods and fluids and to weigh those people weekly. However, the review charts for each person was not completed on a weekly basis and those people's records were overdue by six weeks. Therefore, we could not see the weights of those people recorded on a weekly basis. The staff member responsible informed us of a change in responsibilities and a loss of a senior staff member within the home and that reviews and care plan updates were behind schedule.

However we did see how the kitchen staff were made aware of those people at risk of poornutritional intake and we discussed with the kitchen staff the methods used to supply suitable and adequate food and drink. We saw records highlighted in yellow that would ensure certain people who were at risk received fortified meals. The meals eaten and drinks received were recorded. This would ensure those at risk of malnutrition or dehydration were supported appropriately.


We did note on the four care plans seen that they were not up to date with reviews for all their care and support needs and therefore any changes required may have been out of date on the records. However the senior staff member spoken with was aware of the care plans not being fully up to date and told us they were planning a date to ensure they were all reviewed and brought up to date. We could not be assured that the records seen reflected the current care needs required.

Although the care plans were detailed we did not see information about the methods required to encourage people to dress appropriately. For example, we found that, althoughit was December the majority of people we observed as we walked around the home had bare legs and feet. Very few people had socks or stockings. We could not find evidence in the care plans or daily records that stated people did not wish to wear clothing on their legs and feet. People were not receiving care that respected their dress choices or ensured they were warm enough.

We spoke with three people who were able to talk with us. They told us they were well looked after and we noted their smiles and interaction with staff when they entered the room. However, we noted two people on two separate occasions who were possibly living with dementia, distressed and wanting to go home or find their mother. There was no sign of distractions, no activities to divert the distress or staff in the room to offer one to one time. The television was on but no-one was watching and there was nothing around the room or on tables by the side of people to enable them to have items to occupy themselves with. We noted one person was enjoying the budgie and another had a newspaper but out of thirteen people in the main lounge/dining room only those two were occupied. The manager informed us that on two days a week a designated staff member would have activities and entertainment planned and we did see evidence of events that have happened in the past. On the day of this inspection there were four carers, a care co-ordinator and senior carer. All working and interacting when with people but no one was overseeing the lounge unless a particular care task was required, such as assisting to the toilet. People were not always supported with their social needs.


Meeting nutritional needs Met this standard

Food and drink should meet people's individual dietary needs

Our judgement

The provider was meeting this standard.

People were protected from the risks of inadequate nutrition and dehydration.


We looked at the choice of menus supplied over a two week period. We noted that there was a choice offered on each day. The kitchen staff member told us that the cooks were aware of people's likes and dislikes and would prepare something different if they did not like the choices available. This was evident on the day of this inspection when we saw thata person was to have fish because the meat and alternative was not liked. Two people toldus the meals were good. One person said, "You would never go hungry."

We spent time with the person responsible for the catering. We heard the methods used tofortify meals to ensure people were receiving enough nutrition. We discussed how cream was used in milky drinks, mashed potatoes and milk puddings. We were told how the senior staff member gave a highlighted list each week of the people at risk of malnutrition and who required the fortified meals. We also saw the lists completed following a meal thatwould highlight a concern when not enough food was eaten.

During the lunchtime meal we noted that people who required support to eat their meal had a staff member sitting beside them. We heard words of encouragement being offered and people being given time to enjoy the meal. One person, who we were told struggled with meal times, had their own supply of finger foods to eat. We noted they were happily eating food they could easily pick up themselves. This ensured people were supported correctly with a suitable and sufficient amount of food.

The manager told us that throughout the day drinks were routinely provided. We saw jugs topped up with juice around the home and hot drinks offered at mid-morning and mid-afternoon. We were told by a staff member interviewed that staff would record the fluid intake of anyone who was noted to be not drinking. The manager told us they had also introduced cakes in the day time to supplement any possible lack of appetite and encourage food to be eaten little and often when people may not fancy a full meal.

We found people were supported to eat a nutritional and suitable diet to meet their individual needs.


Management of medicines Met this standard

People should be given the medicines they need when they need them, and in a safe way

Our judgement

The provider was meeting this standard.

People were protected against the risks associated with medicines because the provider had appropriate arrangements in place to manage medicines.


The senior staff member responsible for medication spent time with us going through the procedure the home used to support people with their medication.

We saw the method supplied by the local pharmacist where tablets were pre-packaged into individual pockets for am, lunchtime, teatime and supper. The senior staff member explained how the medication was checked in and that discrepancies were dealt with prior to the cycle of tablets being started. We were told about the difficulties with the pharmacist getting each two weekly cycle right but due to the vigilance and checking system of the senior staff member the problems were dealt with quickly.

We saw the methods used when medication was no longer required and the secure way the medication was recorded and placed into boxes ready for collection.

Although we did not observe the senior staff member administering the medication we did see the safe storage of the medication. The medication trolley was bolted and locked in a designated medication room. The staff member responsible for medication was wearing a 'do not disturb' tabard to ensure they were not distracted during the administration process. Clean medication pots and syringe measures for accurately measuring liquid medications were waiting ready for the next administration process and the room used for medication storage was clean and tidy.

We looked at the methods the home uses for the management of controlled drugs. We saw the large metal cabinet attached to the wall inside the locked medication room. We looked at four people's medication that was classed as a controlled drug. Each one was clearly labelled, recorded in the controlled drugs register and at each administration two signatures from staff had been recorded in this register. We counted the balance of medication stored in the cabinet and noted that all four checked corresponded with the amount recorded in the register.

We did see medication administration records (MAR) charts. These showed that each day and at the correct time people were administered their medication. We did not see any gaps where staff signatures should be once medication was administered on the charts


seen. The senior staff member responsible for the medication told us that any gaps on the charts would be addressed straight away. They told us they audited the medication process regularly as they were also responsible for the administration and would carry out an audit. However the provider may find it useful to note that regular audit checks should be recorded and signed for to show they had been carried out. However, we did not find any errors or concerns when checking medication.

We were assured that people were supported in this home by appropriate and safe management systems for medication.


Supporting workers Action needed

Staff should be properly trained and supervised, and have the chance to develop and improve their skills

Our judgement


People were cared for by staff who were not always supported to deliver care to an appropriate standard.

We have judged that this has a minor impact on people who use the service, and have toldthe provider to take action. Please see the 'Action' section within this report.


We spoke with three staff members during this inspection visit. They told us that they had good support from the staff team and senior staff members. They said the training was good but more knowledge and skills would benefit them, especially when supporting people with dementia who may challenge the staff when they were trying to offer care and support. They told us of the three homes owned by the provider and how they share training and knowledge across the three homes. They explained about the use of a training room at the top of the house that had created space for training and meetings.

The manager showed us each staff members training record. We noted the records were dated as to when each staff attended courses. We saw mandatory training such as' moving and handling' but found they were out of date with four records looked at showing those staff had not received, what was annual training, for more than two years. The manager explained that the person who used to co-ordinate all the training had left the home creating the problem of getting staff training up to date.

The manager informed us that the home had lapsed some of the mandatory training but work was in progress to improve this. We were given information about the introduction of a dementia coach in the home. This we were told was a role for an existing staff member who would develop and build their own skills with the help from the provider and other resources. They would then help staff by coaching them with methods and ideas that may assist with the care and support for people living with dementia. We also heard about the planned training and support for housekeepers, maintenance staff and cooks.

On talking with the staff members we were told that full staff meetings were rare. We were told that individual meetings such as care co-ordinators or cooks meetings were held but care staff had their information cascaded from senior staff.

The staff we spoke with told us the supervision and one to one meetings were supportive and were carried out by senior staff. We were not able to see records of supervision as they were not available but we did see dates the supervision sessions were planned and


carried out during 2013 by the designated senior staff member. We noted that night staff had been seen and supervised in the early hours of the morning. However not all staff had received the appropriate sessions. For example, none of the care co-ordinators, maintenance manager or catering manager had any recorded supervision sessions. Not allstaff were supervised in an appropriate and timely manner to ensure they were working appropriately and effectively.



Action needed

The service should have quality checking systems to manage risks and assure the health, welfare and safety of people who receive care

Our judgement


The provider did not have an effective system to regularly assess and monitor the quality of service that people received.

We have judged that this has a moderate impact on people who use the service, and havetold the provider to take action. Please see the 'Action' section within this report.


As part of this inspection we asked the manager to show us the methods used to ensure the service provided was effective. Although the home had audit files and quality assurance records they were not orderly and were out of date.

We were told the audits for health and safety for the home and premises was completed by the maintenance manager and any concerns would be raised and dealt with. However, there was no system to audit and check the records held to ensure that what was being carried out was effective and safe. The manager told us that the auditing for the home wasbehind schedule.

Senior staff and co-ordinators were relied on to keep their individual areas of responsibility in order. For example, medication audits which were carried out by the designated staff member were not monitored by management. We found no concerns with medication. However, the management had not carried out any audits to ensure everything was in order and the senior staff member responsible did not always sign to state the audit had been completed.

The manager was asked for the results of any questionnaires sent to people who lived in the home, professionals and families and friends. The manager informed us that questionnaires were sent to families and professionals in December 2012 but nothing had been gathered from people who used the service. However, they did say a new method of gathering people's views was being developed.

No complaints had been received by us at the Care Quality Commission and we noted thata comment had been received late in 2012 from a family reporting how much the home had benefited their relative. The comments said how much they had improved. They said, "….is amazingly well and I can only put this down to love and care given by everyone at Broadlands Park. I could not have selected a better home."


Although we did not find any major concerns the manager did not have a robust system in place to monitor the quality of the service provided.

This section is primarily information for the provider


Action we have told the provider to take

Compliance actions

The table below shows the essential standards of quality and safety that were not being met. The provider must send CQC a report that says what action they are going to take to meet these essential standards.

Regulated activity Regulation

Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care

Regulation 9 HSCA 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2010

Care and welfare of people who use services

How the regulation was not being met:

The provider had not taken proper steps to ensure the delivery ofcare and support was appropriate to meet the individual needs ofpeople living in the home.

Regulation 9 (1) (b) (i) (ii).


Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care

Regulation 23 HSCA 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations2010

Supporting workers


The provider did not have suitable arrangements in place to ensure all staff employed received suitable training, supervision and appraisals.

Regulation 23 (1) (a)


Accommodation for Regulation 10 HSCA 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations

This section is primarily information for the provider


persons who require nursing or personal care

2010



The provider did not have an effective system in place to regularly assess and monitor the quality of the care provided. People using the service were not regularly asked for their viewson the service provided.

Regulation 10 (1) (a) and (2) (e).

This report is requested under regulation 10(3) of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2010.

The provider's report should be sent to us by 11 February 2014.

CQC should be informed when compliance actions are complete.

We will check to make sure that action has been taken to meet the standards and will report on our judgements.


About CQC inspections

We are the regulator of health and social care in England.

All providers of regulated health and social care services have a legal responsibility to make sure they are meeting essential standards of quality and safety. These are the standards everyone should be able to expect when they receive care.

The essential standards are described in the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2010 and the Care Quality Commission (Registration) Regulations 2009. We regulate against these standards, which we sometimes describe as "governmentstandards".

We carry out unannounced inspections of all care homes, acute hospitals and domiciliary care services in England at least once a year to judge whether or not the essential standards are being met. We carry out inspections of other services less often. All of our inspections are unannounced unless there is a good reason to let the provider know we are coming.

There are 16 essential standards that relate most directly to the quality and safety of care and these are grouped into five key areas. When we inspect we could check all or part of any of the 16 standards at any time depending on the individual circumstances of the service. Because of this we often check different standards at different times.

When we inspect, we always visit and we do things like observe how people are cared for, and we talk to people who use the service, to their carers and to staff. We also review information we have gathered about the provider, check the service's records and check whether the right systems and processes are in place.

We focus on whether or not the provider is meeting the standards and we are guided by whether people are experiencing the outcomes they should be able to expect when the standards are being met. By outcomes we mean the impact care has on the health, safety and welfare of people who use the service, and the experience they have whilst receiving it.

Our inspectors judge if any action is required by the provider of the service to improve the standard of care being provided. Where providers are non-compliant with the regulations, we take enforcement action against them. If we require a service to take action, or if we take enforcement action, we re-inspect it before its next routine inspection was due. This could mean we re-inspect a service several times in one year. We also might decide to re-inspect a service if new concerns emerge about it before the next routine inspection.

In between inspections we continually monitor information we have about providers. The information comes from the public, the provider, other organisations, and from care workers.

You can tell us about your experience of this provider on our website.


How we define our judgements

The following pages show our findings and regulatory judgement for each essential standard or part of the standard that we inspected. Our judgements are based on the ongoing review and analysis of the information gathered by CQC about this provider and the evidence collected during this inspection.

We reach one of the following judgements for each essential standard inspected.

Met this standard This means that the standard was being met in that the provider was compliant with the regulation. If we find that standards were met, we take no regulatory action but we may make comments that may be useful to the provider and to the public about minor improvements that could be made.

Action needed This means that the standard was not being met in that the provider was non-compliant with the regulation. We may have set a compliance action requiring the provider to produce a report setting out how and by when changes will be made to make sure they comply with the standard. We monitor the implementation of action plans in these reports and, if necessary, take further action.We may have identified a breach of a regulation which is more serious, and we will make sure action is taken. We will report on this when it is complete.

Enforcement action taken

If the breach of the regulation was more serious, or there have been several or continual breaches, we have a range ofactions we take using the criminal and/or civil procedures in the Health and Social Care Act 2008 and relevant regulations. These enforcement powers include issuing a warning notice; restricting or suspending the services a provider can offer, or the number of people it can care for; issuing fines and formal cautions; in extreme cases, cancelling a provider or managers registration or prosecutinga manager or provider. These enforcement powers are set out in law and mean that we can take swift, targeted action where services are failing people.


How we define our judgements (continued)

Where we find non-compliance with a regulation (or part of a regulation), we state which part of the regulation has been breached. Only where there is non compliance with one or more of Regulations 9-24 of the Regulated Activity Regulations, will our report include a judgement about the level of impact on people who use the service (and others, if appropriate to the regulation). This could be a minor, moderate or major impact.

Minor impact - people who use the service experienced poor care that had an impact on their health, safety or welfare or there was a risk of this happening. The impact was not significant and the matter could be managed or resolved quickly.

Moderate impact - people who use the service experienced poor care that had a significant effect on their health, safety or welfare or there was a risk of this happening. The matter may need to be resolved quickly.

Major impact - people who use the service experienced poor care that had a serious current or long term impact on their health, safety and welfare, or there was a risk of this happening. The matter needs to be resolved quickly

We decide the most appropriate action to take to ensure that the necessary changes are made. We always follow up to check whether action has been taken to meet the standards.


Glossary of terms we use in this report

Essential standard

The essential standards of quality and safety are described in our Guidance about compliance: Essential standards of quality and safety. They consist of a significant numberof the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2010 and the Care Quality Commission (Registration) Regulations 2009. These regulations describe theessential standards of quality and safety that people who use health and adult social care services have a right to expect. A full list of the standards can be found within the Guidance about compliance. The 16 essential standards are:

Respecting and involving people who use services - Outcome 1 (Regulation 17)

Consent to care and treatment - Outcome 2 (Regulation 18)

Care and welfare of people who use services - Outcome 4 (Regulation 9)

Meeting Nutritional Needs - Outcome 5 (Regulation 14)

Cooperating with other providers - Outcome 6 (Regulation 24)

Safeguarding people who use services from abuse - Outcome 7 (Regulation 11)

Cleanliness and infection control - Outcome 8 (Regulation 12)

Management of medicines - Outcome 9 (Regulation 13)

Safety and suitability of premises - Outcome 10 (Regulation 15)

Safety, availability and suitability of equipment - Outcome 11 (Regulation 16)

Requirements relating to workers - Outcome 12 (Regulation 21)

Staffing - Outcome 13 (Regulation 22)

Supporting Staff - Outcome 14 (Regulation 23)

Assessing and monitoring the quality of service provision - Outcome 16 (Regulation 10)

Complaints - Outcome 17 (Regulation 19)

Records - Outcome 21 (Regulation 20)

Regulated activity

These are prescribed activities related to care and treatment that require registration with CQC. These are set out in legislation, and reflect the services provided.


Glossary of terms we use in this report (continued)

(Registered) Provider

There are several legal terms relating to the providers of services. These include registered person, service provider and registered manager. The term 'provider' means anyone with a legal responsibility for ensuring that the requirements of the law are carried out. On our website we often refer to providers as a 'service'.

Regulations

We regulate against the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2010 and the Care Quality Commission (Registration) Regulations 2009.

Responsive inspection

This is carried out at any time in relation to identified concerns.

Routine inspection

This is planned and could occur at any time. We sometimes describe this as a scheduled inspection.

Themed inspection

This is targeted to look at specific standards, sectors or types of care.


Contact us

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