Inspectors raise concerns over people's wellbeing after visiting Perthshire care home
dailyrecord.co.ukManagers of a Highland Perthshire care home have been told to address “serious concerns” raised by inspectors about a lack of activities for residents who told them they were “bored” during a recent assessment.The Care Inspectorate has recommended bosses at Balhousie Pitlochry Care Home review the way in which activities are organised and arrange for “sufficient staff” to be on hand to help people engage in them after residents complained there was “not a lot to do”.The body has also advised managers to draw up more detailed personal care plans for residents after inspectors said they saw several examples of documents during their time at the Burnside Road home that were not up to the standard expected.The inspectorate ended up rating four out of five qualities of care assessed during the three day inspection as “weak” including the service’s support of people’s wellbeing and has said it now requires improvements by the end of October.A Care Inspectorate report published this week said of the standards observed in August: “People should expect to experience compassion, dignity and respect.
We had serious concerns that staff appeared rushed and had no time for meaningful interaction with people.“People were not supported in having freedom of movement.
We heard that people had not been supported to use the garden over the summer.“People did not have the right equipment in place to enable them to spend time out of their bed.
This put their skin at risk of pressure wounds and was detrimental to their rehabilitation.”The report continued: “People were experiencing care and support at a basic level, focussed on tasks and routines which did not treat them as individuals entitled to personalised care.“People were not enabled to
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