Working at Dearnlea Park Residential Care Home

Some gaps in medicine storage like untidy rooms and missing temperature checks, plus no guides for as-needed meds or cream application sites.

Drug trolleys were organised, however, treatment rooms where medicines were stored were untidy and in need of organisation. Overflow medicines were not stored appropriately. Temperature monitoring where medicines were stored was not always completed in line with national guidance... People that were prescribed as and when needed (PRN) medicines did not always have accompanying protocols in place... No body maps were in place.

Only standard training mentioned with no specialist courses, funded qualifications or career development.

Staff undertook training to support their roles, and the management team undertook regular observations of practice to assess the competency of their staff.

Activities programme exists but feedback is mixed with some residents wanting more to do upstairs.

People’s views on activities available were mixed... Some people who resided upstairs at the service told us they would like more to do.