Working at The Cedar Grange Nursing Home

Medication counts are wrong and fluid charts not followed, so safety risks build up.

paracetamol had been incorrectly counted, and staff had recorded the incorrect amount for 2 consecutive days. fluid charts were not completed effectively as planned. This meant we found some people had not met their fluid intake targets for periods of up to 8 days

Staff lack training on key health needs like diabetes monitoring, leading to unsafe care.

staff had received online training, however, were not clear on how to manage this condition safely. where people had diabetes there was not a care plan in place to guide staff

No proper activities programme, just basic tasks like nail trimming, so work is mostly routine personal care.

the activity for the day was having nails trimmed. Activities and opportunities were available for people. However, these were often task based rather than enjoyment based. For example, having nails cut