\n Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspectors rated St Georges Lodge Residential Care Home in Worthing as “requires improvement” during a recent assessment conducted between October 9 October and 28 this year.\n<\/p>\n
\n The home, which provides support to older people including those with various health conditions such as dementia, was found to be lacking in several areas.\n<\/p>\n
\n Inspectors found three breaches of regulations, specifically concerning safe care and treatment, fit and proper persons employed, and good governance.\n<\/p>\n
\n The report found “significant shortfalls” in the standard of care, with one staff member signing the Medication Administration Record (MAR) to confirm a person had taken their medicine, although they had not.\n<\/p>\n
\n The report also said: “People\u2019s risks were not always identified, assessed and managed safely,”\n<\/p>\n
\n It found there were instances where staff’s moving and handling practices were deemed unsafe, increasing the risk of harm to residents.\n<\/p>\n
\n Multiple people in wheelchairs did not have wheelchair breaks applied while eating, meaning they were not sufficiently stable.\n<\/p>\n
\n In addition, the report highlighted weak recruitment systems which meant new staff may not always have the necessary experience and skills needed to provide safe care.\n<\/p>\n
\n It added: “When people moved from the home to another service, information about their care and support needs was not always shared to ensure continuity of care.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Despite these issues, the report said the home maintained a sufficient number of staff to meet residents’ needs and took steps to ensure a safe environment was provided.\n<\/p>\n
\n Inspectors also said staff promoted the independence of residents and people had choice and control over their wellbeing.\n<\/p>\n
\n Residents praised the kindness and care shown by staff.\n<\/p>\n
\n One person said: \u201cThey care about you. They make a fuss about things you wouldn\u2019t even think about.\n<\/p>\n
\n “I had a sore ankle, and they got in some cream they didn\u2019t have here. That\u2019s caring for people.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n The report noted that the home had been without a registered manager for a year, but a new manager had been appointed and was in the process of registering with the commission.\n<\/p>\n
\n In response to the findings, the provider has been asked to submit an action plan detailing how they intend to address the commission’s concerns.\n<\/p>\n
\n St Georges Lodge has been approached for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspectors rated St Georges Lodge Residential Care Home in Worthing as “requires improvement” during…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":312711,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[102,2960,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-312710","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-healthcare","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=312710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312710\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/312711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}