About the serviceLydbury Crescent Chance for a Break Service is a care home which provides short breaks for people living with learning disabilities, physical disabilities and sensory impairments and autistic people. The service provides accommodation and personal care for up to five people at any one time. The service had 10 people booked to receive respite services during the year. There were four people using the service at the time of the inspection.
We expect health and social care providers to guarantee autistic people and people with a learning disability the choices, dignity, independence, and good access to local communities that most people take for granted. Right support, right care, right culture is the statutory guidance which supports CQC to make assessments and judgements about services providing support to people with a learning disability and/or autistic people.
People’s experience of using this service
Right support: Staff supported people in the least restrictive way possible and in their best interests; the policies and systems in the service supported this practice. The right amount of suitably skilled and experienced staff worked flexibly around people’s needs, choices, and interests.
Right care: Managers and staff were committed to ensuring people received person-centred care and support which promoted their privacy, dignity, and human rights. Managers and staff knew how to protect people from poor care and abuse, and they had a positive attitude towards ensuring people were able to take positive risks as part of an everyday lifestyle.
Right culture: People were valued, respected, and supported to live their chosen lifestyle throughout their stay. Staff empowered people to make choices and to be independent. The registered manager inspired confidence in the staff team and led by example. Quality assurance processes enabled ongoing improvement. Learning was shared and community presence was well established.
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 21 October 2017).
Why we inspected
This was a planned 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.
You can read the report from our last comprehensive inspection, by selecting the ‘all reports’ link for Lydbury Crescent Chance for a Break Service on our website at www.cqc.org.uk.
Follow up
We will continue to monitor intelligence we receive about the service until we return to visit as per our re-inspection programme. If any concerning information is received, we may inspect sooner.