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A Hove nursing home has been rated ‘inadequate’ by the Care Quality Commission following 2 deaths during the course of the inspection (2 June 2017)

Date: 02/06/2017
Duncan Lewis, Legal News Solicitors, A Hove nursing home has been rated ‘inadequate’ by the Care Quality Commission following 2 deaths during the course of the inspection

Two residents are reported to have died between the beginning and the end of a 10-day long inspection of a care home in Hove.

Bon Accord nursing home in Hove was inspected by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in February 2017, and following the inspection the home was rated inadequate and placed in “special measures.”

The report wrote: “On the first day of our inspection there were 31 people living in the home. On the second day of our inspection there were 30 and on the third day of inspection there were 29 people living in the home. This was due to deaths that had occurred.” The inspection took place on the 6th, 7th and 15th February 2017.

According to the CQC “There were systematic failings, poor leadership and management, and ineffective governance that meant that people did not always receive good quality, safe care.”

An abundance of issues were identified during the investigation, both amongst the staff and the residents. Staff appeared to be unhappy and unsupported, whilst residents were socially isolated, not adequately monitored, and not receiving safe care.

Bon Accord nursing home supports people with dementia who require support with both their nursing and personal care needs. Often people who are living with dementia will display behaviour that can challenge others, and it was found that residents were not sufficiently protected from harm and abuse by other residents. The report wrote “There was a lack of understanding with regard to circumstances that could be constituted as abuse”, and explained that staff had not been trained in how to deal with instances of abuse, or the correct use of restraint. This follows a recent report that assaults between care-home residents are recorded daily by the police.

The residents’ quality of life in the nursing home was found to be poor, with a number of residents being socially isolated in their rooms, and one person on the upper floor even being without a call bell, forcing her to cry and call for help. Meanwhile residents had little to occupy them, with the report saying “there were no meaningful activities for people to participate in”. It was also found that people’s dignity and privacy were not always maintained under the care of the home’s staff.

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