Sandiacre Court Care Centre

Sandiacre Court Care Centre is a care home providing accommodation for people requiring personal care to up to a maximum 81 people. The service provides support to younger and older adults, people with dementia, people with sensory impairment and people with a physical disability. At the time of our inspection there were 43 people using the service. The accommodation is a purpose built three storey building with communal living, dining and activity areas and private en-suite bedrooms on each floor. At the time of inspection, the top floor was not in use.

Improvements had been made in response to the previous inspection and the provider responded immediately to opportunities for improvement identified at this inspection. Following the inspection, the provider gave us assurances the issues identified had been addressed. People, or their relatives, and staff identified positive changes had taken place recently in the service. The electronic care record system in use was kept up to date, this ensured staff had current guidance to follow to meet peoples' needs. Systems were in place to manage environmental hazards to mitigate the risk of harm to people. People received their medicines as prescribed. Cleaning schedules were implemented to ensure a good standard of hygiene in the home. There were sufficient numbers of suitable staff available to meet people's needs. Incidents and accidents were analysed by the provider and lessons were learnt to improve outcomes for people.