Fairfield Care Home, Inverness
A care home for older people in Inverness has been told to make urgent improvements in the care experienced by vulnerable residents.
The Care Inspectorate has served a formal Improvement Notice on Fairfield Care Home following an inspection which raised serious concerns.
The notice lists three areas which require urgent improvement.
The Improvement Notice says management at the home must ensure proper provision is made to meet residents' physical, social, emotional and psychological needs in a way which respects their wishes and choices.
They must also ensure the care and support provided to people who live in the home is provided by staff who are competent and have the knowledge and skills to meet residents' care and support needs.
And they must ensure residents' health, safety and wellbeing needs are met in a manner which promotes their dignity.
A spokesperson for the Care Inspectorate said: "The care provided at this care home is not good enough.
"The Improvement Notice we have issued clearly lays out the improvements we must see so that the care experienced by residents improves quickly.
"We will visit this care home again soon to check on progress and if we are not satisfied that the matters raised are being addressed urgently we will not hesitate to take further action.
"Everyone in Scotland has the right to safe, compassionate care which meets their needs and respects their rights.
"Anyone with a concern can contact our helpline on 0345 600 9527"
The improvement notice is available here: http://bit.ly/fairfieldimprovementnotice
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Closing date extended for our inspector vacancy
We have extended the closing date for our Inspector vacancy to 7 June 2018.
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Blog: Young inspection volunteers help us to amplify the voice of care experienced children and young people
This week colleagues from the Care Inspectorate are delivering a presentation at the prestigious European Social Services Conference to share information and learning from Scotland’s innovative Young Inspection Volunteer programme. For us, this is a truly person-centred approach to scrutiny and improvement. It puts the voice of care experienced young people right at the heart of children’s service inspections.
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Drummohr nursing home, East Lothian.
A care home for older people in East Lothian has been told to make urgent improvements in the care experienced by vulnerable residents.
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Garioch Care Home, Inverurie.
A care home for older people in Inverurie has been told to make urgent improvements in the care provided to vulnerable residents.
The Care Inspectorate has served a formal Improvement Notice on Garioch care home following an inspection which raised serious concerns.
The notice lists three areas which require urgent improvement including better access to toilet and bathing facilities for residents and staff training.
The Improvement Notice says management of the home must demonstrate to the Care Inspectorate that all residents "have access, whenever required, to toilet facilities which are fit for purpose and are appropriate to meet their needs."
They must also ensure "all staff employed in the service have completed training in adult support and protection" and are "aware of how to report adult support and protection concerns and are confident in doing so."
A spokesperson for the Care Inspectorate said: "The Improvement Notice we have issued clearly lays out the improvements we must see so that the care provided to residents improves quickly.
"We will visit this care home again soon to check on progress and if we are not satisfied that the matters raised are being addressed urgently we will not hesitate to take further action.
"Everyone in Scotland has the right to safe, compassionate care which meets their needs and respects their rights.
"Anyone with a concern can contact our helpline on 0345 600 9527."
The improvement notice is available here: http://bit.ly/gariochimprovementnotice
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