6 January 2023
During an inspection looking at part of the service
About the service
Eastview Housing – 51 Chapel Road is a residential care home providing personal care to 4 autistic people at the time of the inspection. The service can support up to 4 people.
People’s experience of using this service and what we found
Right Support
People were at the centre of their care and support. Staff used innovative ways to support people to learn how to manage risks around expressing themselves and risks associated with their physical health. In doing so, risks to people had been significantly reduced and their quality of life had improved. Staff provided consistent and effective support to help people to achieve their goals. People were supported to have maximum choice, control and ownership over their medicines. Staff had ensured people had the correct support to administer their own medicines and worked constantly to remove barriers that may have otherwise prevented people from doing so. 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.
Right Care
People were supported by staff that were kind and caring. Staff knew people well and communicated effectively with people to ensure they felt understood and valued. Staff spoke with people in a dignified and respectful way and often made people laugh. Information included in people’s care plans was individual and included what was important to the person.
Right Culture:
The culture of the service was focused around empowering people to live how they chose to. Staff regularly reviewed with people what they would like to do and what they wanted their days to look like. The registered manager and management team led by example and was involved in advocating for people to receive person-centred, holistic support from both staff and other health and social care professionals involved in people’s support.
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 good (Published 7 April 2018).
Why we inspected
This inspection was prompted by a review of the information we held about this service. We undertook a focused inspection of the safe and well led key questions. 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 remained good based on the findings of this inspection.
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.
Follow up
We will continue to monitor information we receive about the service, which will help inform when we next inspect.