Last updated: 10 February 2026
"Staff feel supported and motivated with good dementia training, but inconsistent job references, medicines safety issues and basic activities hold it back."
Medicines management had improved but further improvements were needed to ensure people were always offer medicines overtly before they were administered covertly... systems were not in operation to look for patterns and trends.
Staff now felt supported, appreciated and motivated. Staff were confident to make suggestions and these were acted on.
appropriate references had not been consistently obtained from previous employers.
Staff had completed recognised training in relation to dementia care. They had also completed other training to meet people's needs, including catheter care and epilepsy.
Further improvements were required in relation to quality assurance processes, acting on feedback and planning improvements to ensure the quality of the service continued to develop.
Consideration had been given to creating an environment which was easier for people living with dementia to understand. These included pictorial menus and an activities calendar.
Recruitment misses some job references from previous employers, so you can't be fully sure about new staff backgrounds.
appropriate references had not been consistently obtained from previous employers
Staff not always offering medicines openly before hiding them in food, and no system to spot patterns in accidents.
staff were not offering medicines overtly at each medicine's round where appropriate... systems were not in operation to look for patterns and trends
Only basic picture menus and activity calendar for dementia, no coordinator or varied programmes to make the job more interesting.
pictorial menus and an activities calendar
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Last inspected: February 2023
Management Quality
Well-led: Requires improvement
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