Working at Little Sisters of the Poor - St Peters Residence

Management checks missed problems with medication safety and fire drills until inspectors pointed them out.

Management quality assurance systems were not always effective in identifying issues in a timely manner. Improvements required in medicines and fire safety had not been previously identified by the provider.

Medication storage like fridge temperatures and daily checks weren't always done properly on some units.

On two of the four units, room and fridge temperature checks had not always been taken daily, to ensure that medicines were stored at the correct temperature.

Some staff were behind on refresher training for safely moving and handling residents.

At the time of our inspection some staff were not up to date with moving and handling refreshers