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Moss Cottage Nursing Home, Ashton Under Lyne.

Moss Cottage Nursing Home in Ashton Under Lyne is a Nursing home specialising in the provision of services relating to accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care, caring for adults over 65 yrs, dementia, diagnostic and screening procedures, physical disabilities and treatment of disease, disorder or injury. The last inspection date here was 1st May 2020

Moss Cottage Nursing Home is managed by Care Worldwide (Ashton) Limited.

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Ratings:

For a guide to the ratings, click here.

Safe: Good
Effective: Good
Caring: Outstanding
Responsive: Good
Well-Led: Good
Overall: Good

Further Details:

Important Dates:

    Last Inspection 2020-05-01
    Last Published 2016-11-30

Local Authority:

    Tameside

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Inspection Reports:

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26th September 2016 - During a routine inspection pdf icon

The inspection took place on 26 and 27 September 2016 and was unannounced. This meant the provider or staff did not know about our inspection visit.

We previously inspected Moss Cottage Nursing Home on 29 August 2013, at which time the service was compliant with all regulatory standards inspected.

Moss Cottage Nursing Home is a nursing home in Ashton Under Lyne, providing accommodation, personal care and nursing care for up to 34 older people with physical disabilities and dementia. There were 32 people using the service at the time of our inspection.

The service had a registered manager in place. A registered manager is a person who has registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to manage the service. Like directors, they are ‘registered persons’. Registered persons have legal responsibility for meeting the requirements in the Health and Social Care Act 2008 and associated Regulations about how the service is run.

The service excelled in caring for people at the end of their lives in a sensitive, dignified and inclusive fashion. Staff valued the relationships they made with people who used the service, demonstrating this through their dedication to meeting people’s needs and respecting people’s preferences up to, including and after death.

Person-centred care plans were in place and staff had ensured information about each person was readily accessible. We saw regular reviews took place with the involvement of people and their family members and found the care delivered was done so in an inclusive way that focussed on each person’s needs and preferences.

The atmosphere at the home was relaxed, welcoming, respectful and calm. People who used the service, relatives and external stakeholders were consistent in their praise of staff who behaved extremely patiently and in a dedicated manner. We observed staff interacting with people in this way and gathered a range of superlative feedback regarding the caring attitudes of all levels of staff. The notion of treating people who used the service as staff would their own relatives was well evidenced through our observations and conversations and was indicative of an extremely caring service.

There were sufficient numbers of staff on duty in order to safely meet the needs of people who used the service, with the registered manager regularly assessing people’s dependency and ensuring their needs could be met.

All areas of the building were clean and well maintained, including external areas.

Staff were trained in safeguarding and demonstrated a good knowledge of safeguarding principles and what they would do should they have any concerns, whilst people who used the service confirmed they felt safe.

Effective pre-employment checks of staff were in place, including Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks, references and identity checks.

The storage, administration and disposal of medicines was safe, in line with guidance issued by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) and supported by clear lines of accountability.

Risk assessments identified individual needs and staff displayed a good knowledge of the risks people faced and how to reduce these risks.

People received the treatment they needed from onsite nursing staff or prompt and regular liaison with GPs, nurses and specialists.

Mandatory staff training was regularly updated to ensure staff had a good working knowledge of people’s needs, whilst an effective training matrix ensured staff refreshed their knowledge regularly. Staff had received training in Fire training, Pressure Sores, Moving and Handling, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards/Mental Capacity Act, Continence Care, Equality and Diversity, Infection Control, Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH), Health and Safety, Dementia Care, and Safeguarding.

Staff received regular supervision and appraisal processes as well as regular team meetings.

The Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA) provides a legal fra

29th August 2013 - During an inspection in response to concerns pdf icon

We carried out a responsive inspection of this service after concerns were raised by a member of the public about staffing levels at the home in the evening. We spoke to residents, carers and staff to see if individual needs were being met and if there were sufficient staff to assist residents who needed support to go to bed. We spoke to the manager who told us that a review of staffing had taken place in May 2013 and as a result an additional registered nurse had been recruited by the service. The manager told us that in the evening people who used the service could choose when they went to bed. There were some occasions when a number of people asked to go to bed at the same time. The increase in registered nursing staff had supported the management of the evening medication round and increased activity. People’s needs were being met by sufficient numbers of appropriately trained staff.

People told us that they liked living in the home. One person told us "if I need anything I only have to ask, .” Another person said " the staff are great" and they liked living there.

We saw that records were well-organised and detailed individual needs. We saw evidence that the provider regularly audited and monitored the service provided.

4th January 2013 - During a routine inspection pdf icon

We spoke with people who use the service when we visited. They told us that they were treated with dignity and respect. All of the residents were extremely happy with the care they received . Comments included ‘I really like it here, I'm very happy with the care’; ‘I enjoy most of the meals’, ‘ the staff are lovely’, ‘you get everything you want ' and 'there are plenty of thing to do'.

9th January 2012 - During a routine inspection pdf icon

We spoke to people who use the service when we visited. They told us that they were treated with dignity and respect. All of the residents were extremely happy with the care they received . Comments included ‘I'm very happy here’; ‘I enjoy the meals’, ‘we get good care’ and ‘you get everything you want'.

 

 

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