Athol House - Care Home Physical Disabilities

Athol House is a care home for people with learning disabilities. Athol House accommodates 21 people living with a physical or learning disability. At the time of our inspection 15 people were living at the service.

We expect health and social care providers to guarantee people with a learning disability and autistic people respect, equality, dignity, choices and independence and good access to local communities that most people take for granted. 'Right support, right care, right culture' is the guidance CQC follows to make assessments and judgements about services supporting people with a learning disability and autistic people and providers must have regard to it.

Right Support: The provider delivered care in a way that maximised people's choice, control and independence. However, although the provider delivered an individualised level of care, we found the layout of the building did not optimise people's independence. The building was a large home and we could not see evidence that the home met the needs of people living with a learning disability. The provider considered risks to people's health and safety and had appropriate risk management guidelines in place to mitigate these. Lessons were learned when things went wrong. Accidents and incidents were recorded and investigated as required. The provider managed people's medicines safely. Records of administration were kept when the provider administered both oral and topical medicines and care staff had a good level of understanding of their responsibilities in all areas.