An Isle of Wight care home under special measures has made progress but inspectors still say it ‘requires improvement’.
After rating Sandown’s Autumn House Residential Home as ‘inadequate’ twice earlier this year, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) carried out its latest assessment of the service in September and October.
The home has failed to deal with 4 breaches to legal regulations highlighted in the CQC’s last assessment, relating to consent, safe care and treatment, the safety of the environment and the service’s governance, according to a report published last Friday.
The CQC’s current rating for the service is ‘requires improvement’ across the watchdog’s safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led categories.
Improvements have been made however, with the provider no longer in breach of nine legal regulations.
These relate to issues including safeguarding, staffing, fit and proper people being employed, treating people with dignity and respect, meeting nutrition and hydration needs and providing person centred care.
The report says:
“People and relatives we spoke with expressed they were happy with the care and described staff as kind and caring.
Article continues below this advertisement “During our assessment we found people’s care and experiences had improved, for example staff had time to interact with people and engage in meaningful discussions.
“However further work was needed to ensure people had the opportunities to participate in their hobbies and purposeful activities.
“Where people at the service had dementia, we observed improvements were being made to reflect best practice to support people with their orientation around the home.”
Autumn House has not responded to a request for comment.
