SeeAbility - Applewood Residential Home

The following is CQC's published account of its assessment, published 13 May 2024. References to “we” mean CQC. It describes findings at that time.

An assessment has been undertaken of a specialist service that is used by autistic people or people with a learning disability. We expect health and social care providers to guarantee people with a learning disability and autistic people respect, equality, dignity, choices and independence and good access to local communities that most people take for granted. 'Right support, right care, right culture' is the guidance CQC follows to make assessments and judgements about services supporting people with a learning disability and autistic people and providers must have regard to it. SeeAbility - Applewood Residential Home is a residential care home providing accommodation and personal care for up to 5 people. The service supports people with learning disabilities and autism. At the time of our assessment there were 4 people using the service. We carried out this assessment between 14 February 2024 and 11 March 2024. We looked at how the service assessed and planned for people's care needs, and how they trained and supervised staff to support people according to their needs and preferences. We spoke with 1 person, 1 relative and 6 staff. We observed care and support in communal areas and reviewed 2 people’s care plans, 3 staff recruitment records as well as general records for the service. These included staff training records, meeting records, policies and procedures and audits. We assessed the following quality statements: safeguarding, involving people to manage risk, safe and effective staffing, medicines optimisation, assessing needs, monitoring and improving outcomes, consent to care and treatment, independence, choice and control, equity in experience and outcomes and governance, management and sustainability.