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What the CQC found at Sandown Nursing Home

Goodpublished 17 January 2019, 7 years ago

Rated Good: inspectors found the home performing well and meeting their expectations.

The five questions inspectors ask
Safe?
Good
Are people protected from harm? Staffing, medicines, infection control, safeguarding.
Effective?
Good
Does the care work? Training, consent, food and drink, working with GPs and nurses.
Caring?
Good
Are people treated with kindness and dignity?
Responsive?
Good
Is care built around the person? Care plans, activities, complaints.
Well-led?
Good
Is the home run well? The manager, the culture, how problems get found and fixed.
The report

We have not explained this report yet

The CQC has not yet published an inspection report for Sandown Nursing Home.

The story over the years

Every inspection of Sandown Nursing Home

3 rated inspections over 2 years: the service has improved, from Requires improvement to Good.

  1. March 2021Inspected but not ratedcurrent rating
    Safe: Inspected but not rated
  2. January 2019Goodup from Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
  3. January 2018Requires improvementstayed Requires improvement
    Safe: GoodEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement
  4. December 2016Requires improvement
    Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement
  5. June 2023

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 2 June 2023.

Ratings and report dates from the Care Quality Commission, Open Government Licence v3.0. A home can also be visited without a new rating being published, so the timeline shows published inspections.

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84 live-in carers within about two hours of Isle of Wight

These are self-employed carers on PrimeCarers, the introductory agency that runs this directory. Each has a profile with their own rates and reviews from families, and you choose who to talk to.

Most charge £1,010 to £1,230 a week. 68 can care for a couple. 11 years' experience on average.

Maren O.
2 reviews
From £1,047 a week, 3 years caring
Based about 14 minutes from Isle of Wight. Can care for a couple
Jaison M.
1 review
From £1,015 a week, 15 years caring
Based about 37 minutes from Isle of Wight. Can care for a couple
Vimbai P.
1 review
From £1,201 a week, 2 years caring
Based about 43 minutes from Isle of Wight. Can care for a couple
Kinga C.
1 review
From £1,295 a week, 10 years caring
Based about 67 minutes from Isle of Wight
“I cannot recommend Prisca highly enough, she is one in a million.”
Emily B., about Prisca S.
“He stayed with her throughout the pandemic, refusing to visit his own family, who lived nearby, to reduce the risk of infection.”
Roderick N., about Jaison M.
See live-in carers near Isle of WightProfiles, rates and reviews are free to look at.

Every carer has had an enhanced DBS check in the last 18 months, ID and right-to-work checks and an online interview. Their skills and training are for you to check with them. Carers set their own rates, and who is free changes week to week.