The Old Vicarage

The Old Vicarage is a residential care home in the Somerset countryside accommodating up to 26 people, with 23 older people receiving personal care at the time of inspection. Staff had received safeguarding training and followed policies to protect people from harm and abuse. Safe recruitment practices were in place with sufficient staffing to meet needs. People received their prescribed medicines as required, and the home maintained clean and tidy premises, though some infection control arrangements needed reviewing. Staff understood people's health and nutritional needs, including religious observances, and received appropriate induction, training and supervision. People and their relatives described staff as kind and caring. The provider acted within the law regarding capacity and deprivation of liberty decisions, though staff lacked clarity about people's legal rights in these areas.