Tara's Retreat Care Home

Tara's Retreat Care Home is registered to provide accommodation and treatment for up to 69 people, some of whom may live with Dementia. Accommodation is spread over three floors.

People were encouraged to wear masks when they attended appointments or outside visits. The environment people lived in was clean and well ventilated. The home was spacious with enough sitting areas to ensure people and staff could socially distance when they were spending time outside their bedroom.

Visitors at the home had been tested and it was required for them to wear appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) when entering the home. Staff wore their PPE according to current guidance and they were trained in safely putting on, taking off and dispose of these safely.

Staff were allocated to work in the same units as far as possible and regular testing in line with current guidance meant if staff had to move to another area, they could do this following a negative rapid test.

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