Working at Aspen Lodge Care home

No activities programme or coordinator, so the role is mostly routine personal care with task-led interactions.

staff interaction was mainly task led rather than meaningful engagement. Some people felt there could be more opportunities for how they spent their time.

Some risk assessments were outdated or missing, and medication records had gaps like unrecorded creams.

some risk assessments did not contain current information, and 1 person did not have a risk assessment in place for their epilepsy... when people were prescribed topical creams, they were not always recorded on the MAR system.

Staffing is adequate but nothing special, with some saying more staff needed for better engagement.

sufficient staffing levels in place to meet people’s needs, although some staff and relatives felt the service would benefit from additional staff to support meaningful engagement.