Beach House

Beach House is a 'care home.' People in care homes receive accommodation and nursing or personal care as single package under one contractual agreement. CQC regulates both the premises and the care provided, and both were looked at during this inspection.

In addition, this service is a domiciliary care agency. It provides personal care to people living in their own flats. It provides a service to older adults and younger disabled adults.

Beach House is residential care home providing accommodation and personal care for up to 9 people. The service is located in an end of terrace property, within a residential area of Birchington-on-Sea, close to the sea front and shops which people visit regularly.

There were eight people living at Beach House. Two others were supported with the regulated activity of personal care and lived in their own flats. Staff provided other support, such as encouraging and helping with cooking and cleaning.

The care service has been developed and designed in line with the values that underpin the Registering the Right Support and other best practice guidance. These values include choice, promotion of independence and inclusion. People with learning disabilities and autism using the service can live as ordinary a life as any citizen.

The service is run by a registered manager. A registered manager is a person who has registered with the Care Quality Commission to manage the service. Like registered providers, they are 'registered persons.' Registered persons have legal responsibility for meeting the requirements in the Health and Social Care Act and associated Regulations about how the service is run. The registered manager was present on the day of the inspection.