Swallow Lodge
- Care home
- 8 beds
- No nursing
- Dementia care
- Registered since 2014
- North Hykeham, Lincolnshire, East Midlands
Good
Rated on
Rating from the Care Quality Commission.
At a glance
4 ratings
Its last inspection improved it from Inadequate to Good.
4 years
since the latest rating was published. A rating this old may not show how the service is today.
177 of 254
rated care homes in Lincolnshire are rated Good, like this one.
Swallow Lodge: inspection record
Rated Good in March 2023, up from Inadequate.
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Ratings published by the Care Quality Commission.
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About the service
From the Care Quality Commission's inspection report published 10 March 2023. Quoted under the Open Government Licence.
Swallow Lodge is a respite care home providing personal care to up to 8 people. The service provides support to people of all ages who have physical disability, sensory impairment or who are living with a learning disability, autism or dementia. At the time of our inspection there were 3 people using the service, however this varied daily. The care home is a purpose-built single-story building.
What inspectors found
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.
Read the rest of CQC's summary
Right Support: People were supported to have maximum choice and control of their lives and staff supported them in the least restrictive way possible and in their best interests; the policies and systems in the service supported this practice.
Staff supported people to make decisions following best practice in decision-making. Staff communicated with people in ways that met their needs.
The service gave people care and support in a safe, clean, well equipped, well-furnished and well- maintained environment that met their sensory and physical needs.
Staff supported people with their medicines in a way that promoted their independence and achieved the best possible health outcome.
Right Care: People received kind and compassionate care. Staff protected and respected people's privacy and dignity. They understood and responded to their individual needs. Staff understood how to protect people from poor care and abuse. The service worked well with other agencies to do so. Staff had training on how to recognise and report abuse and they knew how to apply it. The service had enough appropriately skilled staff to meet people's needs and keep them safe.
People's individual communication needs were recorded. Staff received training in how to meet people's communication needs. People could communicate with staff and understood information given to them because staff supported them consistently and understood their individual communication needs.
People could take part in activities and pursue interests that were tailored to them. The service gave people
opportunities to try new activities that enhanced and enriched their lives.
Right Culture: Staff placed people's wishes, needs and rights at the heart of everything they did. People and those important to them, including advocates, were involved in planning their care. Staff evaluated the quality of support provided to people, involving the person, their families and other professionals as appropriate. The service enabled people and those important to them to work with staff to develop the service. Staff valued and acted upon people's views.
Questions to ask when you visit
- Well-led was rated Requires improvement on 10 March 2023. Ask about changes in management and what has changed since the report.
- The last rating is 4 years old. Ask what has changed since then.
- Ask to see the most recent Care Quality Commission (CQC) report and what the home did about any points in it.
Registration details
- Registered manager
- Christopher Hunter
- Registered with the CQC since
- What it provides
- Care home service without nursing
- Who it supports
- Dementia, Learning disabilities or autistic spectrum disorder, Older People, Physical Disability, Sensory Impairment, Younger Adults
Inspection report
Read the full inspection report (opens the Care Quality Commission website)4 inspection reports, latest 10 March 2023. The reports are on the Care Quality Commission website.
The rating is the Care Quality Commission's. We show it as published and do not change it.
Who runs it
- Provider
- Making SpaceBrand: Making Space
- Ownership type
- Organisation
- Companies House number
- 01642033 (opens Companies House)
- Charity number
- 512907
Making Space runs 13 services in England, 2 of them in the East Midlands. 12 are rated Good or Outstanding and 1 is rated Requires improvement or Inadequate.
Other services run by Making Space
- G Ashwood Court Residential Home Good. Care home, Wigan, North West
- G Ashwood Court Supportive Pathways Good. Care home with nursing, Wigan, North West
- G Beyer Lodge Nursing Home Good. Care home with nursing, Manchester, North West
- G Darlington Extra Care Services Good. Home care, Darlington, North East
Getting help from Lincolnshire County Council
The council can assess what care someone needs and tell them what help with the cost they may get.
- Adult social care at Lincolnshire County Council
- Ask for a care needs assessment
- Phone: 01522 782155
- Support for carers
- Paying for care: Lincolnshire County Council
Checked on the council's website, November 2026.
Common questions
- Does Swallow Lodge provide nursing care?
- No. The Care Quality Commission lists Swallow Lodge as a care home without nursing.
- How many beds does Swallow Lodge have?
- The Care Quality Commission's register lists 8 beds at Swallow Lodge.
- When was Swallow Lodge last inspected?
- The Care Quality Commission's latest rating for Swallow Lodge was published on 10 March 2023.
- Who runs Swallow Lodge?
- Swallow Lodge is run by Making Space. It runs 13 services in England, 2 of them in the East Midlands.
- What is Swallow Lodge's CQC rating?
- Its overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is Good, published on 10 March 2023.
Contact
- Phone
- 01522 300430
- Address
- Fen Lane, North Hykeham, Lincoln, LN6 8UZ Map (opens Google Maps)
Compare nearby
- G OSJCT Beckside Good, 0.4 miles away
- G Neale Court Good, 0.7 miles away
- – Tealwood Grange Care Home Not yet rated, 0.8 miles away
- G Courtlands Lodge Good, 1 mile away
- RI Redcote House Residential Care Home Requires improvement, 1.1 miles away