An Ayrshire care home told to improve its cleanliness and hygiene standards has made “good progress” during a follow-up inspection.
Improvements were ordered by the start of this month at Heathfield House care home in Ayr’s Forbes Drive, following a spot check by the Care Inspectorate.
And the scrutiny body has this week said the management team at Heathfield House had “responded positively” to the required improvements and progress was “evident.”
An extract from the follow-up report said: “We carried out an unannounced inspection of the care home on 24, 25 and 28 June 2021.
“We carried out a further unannounced inspection of the care home on 4 August to follow up on improvements required.
“The provider and management team had made good progress in addressing our requirements.”
Heathfield House Care Home is registered to care for 88 older people.
The provider is Heathfield Care and Residential Homes Limited.
The Care Inspectorate report continues: “This was a follow up inspection focussing on requirements and area for improvement relating to infection prevention and control, quality assurance, staffing arrangements and documentation.
“The home was clean in all areas. Enhanced cleaning systems and records were in place, in line with infection prevention and control guidelines.
“A robust monitoring system had been implemented. This assured us that there was less risk of cross infection and that people were living in an environment that was well looked after.
“And the management team had responded positively to the required improvements and progress was evident. This was helped by increased management oversight and improved quality assurance systems.”
It was also noted that the mealtime experience had “significantly improved” since the last inspection with the report highlighting that staffing levels had increased and there were “sufficient skilled staff to meet the individual needs of residents.”
And medication administration was also better.
The report states: “The service had implemented an improved system of medication administration.
“We observed that medications were no longer routinely given to people during mealtimes, which meant that people received their medication in a more dignified and person-centred way.”
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