Stinking care home's 'offensive odour' was so bad

[wendy]

Jan 13, 2015 10:03
By Richard Wheatstone

Residents at Parklands House Care Home sat in soiled clothing, medication was left lying around and some were not receiving the right prescriptions


Conditions: A number of residents’ weight plummeted inside Parklands House care home

A stinking care home's 'offensive odour' was so bad it could be smelled by health inspectors as they approached the front door.

Parklands House Care Home in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, could be shut down after it was rated ‘inadequate’ by a health watchdog.

The premises failed to meet standards in all of the Care Quality Commission’s five key areas following an inspection in October.

Residents were seen sitting in soiled clothing, medication was left lying around and some patients were not receiving the right prescriptions, reports Manchester Evening News.

A number of residents’ weight plummeted inside the home - one by 12kg in just three weeks - but no action appeared to have been taken.

The home - which provides care for up to 57 people with dementia and mental health issues - was subject to an unannounced inspection following previous visits in which floors and toilets were stained with faeces and some bedrooms smelled of urine.

The CQC has said the home now faces further action. New rules mean care homes which don’t improve one year after being graded inadequate will face closure.

MEN Parklands House care home
Risk: Just 15 of the facility’s 48 staff had completed adult safeguarding training

Debbie Westhead, deputy chief inspector of adult social care in the north said: “We found that the care provided at Parklands House Care Home fell significantly short of what we – and the people who live there – should be able to expect.

"This is especially disappointing given that we have previously warned Eldercare Limited that the home was providing substandard care.

“People deserve to be cared for in services which are safe, effective, caring, responsive to their needs, and well led.

"We are currently considering what further action we need to take here to make sure that people receive the care and support they deserve.”

Inspectors found nine bedrooms contained a foul smell and that carpets and beds were stained in four rooms.

The report states: “One of the lounges on the ground floor, Turner unit, was also affected by a strong offensive odour.

"We smelt this odour when we had first approached the external front door of the home.”

Just 15 of the facility’s 48 staff had completed adult safeguarding training, which inspectors said left residents at risk of abuse.

There was also found to be problems with staffing numbers, staff safeguarding checks and an over-reliance on agency workers.

Parklands House has yet to comment.
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[maureenho]

It's sickening the amount of care homes that are not even fit to keep a dog in.

[Misspears]

The workers want shooting

[Rosalind]

That is disgusting.

[chenrezig]

Not could be, should be shut down, then the staff and management made to deep clean and redecorate the place from top to bottom !
......not that I would trust them at all to make even a half decent job of it ...

[annie]

That's disgusting