Link Care Solutions
Home care agency in Ashton Under Lyne, Tameside
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- Well Served — Excellent everyday amenities nearby — shops, supermarkets, pharmacies, banks, post offices, cafés and places to eat (OpenStreetMap).
- Peaceful Neighbourhood — Among the lowest for recorded anti-social behaviour and public disorder of comparable areas (police-recorded crime).
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About
Link Care Solutions is a home care agency based in Ashton Under Lyne, Tameside, Greater Manchester. It provides care and support in people's own homes and lists dementia as its main area of focus. The agency supports older people aged 65 and over, younger adults under 65, and people with dementia, physical disabilities, mental health needs, learning disabilities or eating disorders. Its stated aim is to help the people it supports stay independent while living at home.
The Care Quality Commission rated Link Care Solutions Requires Improvement overall in its 2023 report. Its key questions were rated Good for effectiveness, caring and responsiveness, and Requires Improvement for safety and well-led.
What inspectors found
CQC: Requires improvementReport published 20 September 2023 · Last inspected 1 June 2023
Inspectors found that people using this domiciliary care service, which supports adults with dementia, mental health or physical health conditions, felt safe and described staff as kind and caring. Care plans were personalised and updated as staff got to know people, and staff encouraged people to stay independent where possible. The report rates the service as requires improvement, citing gaps in recruitment checks, training, medicines competency records and governance systems.
- People said staff were kind and caring, and inspectors found people were treated with dignity and respect.
- Care plans were personalised and added to as staff learned more about each person, and care notes showed staff knew people well.
- Staff supported people to eat and drink in line with their recorded preferences and encouraged independence.
- People and staff gave positive feedback about the manager and management team, and people at the end of life were supported with compassion.
- References had not been received for one member of staff before they started work, although the provider had addressed this before the inspection.
- Not all staff training was up to date, and there were no records showing that staff competency to give medicines had been assessed.
- The provider did not have systems to keep information up to date, and the Commission was not fully informed of the registered manager's departure or the change of office address.
Written by AI from the report text and checked against it. Not an official CQC statement. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Read the full report on CQC.
Care provided
Specialist care
What's nearby
Straight-line distances.
What’s in the area
Outdoor Spaces
- AllotmentsAdequate
- Play SpaceAmple
- Golf CourseSparse
- Public ParkAmple
- Tennis CourtAdequate
- Bowling GreenAmple
- Playing FieldPlentiful
Local Amenities
- Pubs & BarsAmple
- Restaurants & CafesAdequate
- Retail ShoppingAmple
- SupermarketsAmple
- TakeawaysAmple
What home care costs
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Local health safety net
Link Care Solutions is backed by a local NHS health network. The nearest A&E is Tameside General Hospital, 2 miles away. The local GP practice is HT PRACTICE, 0.2 miles away, rated ‘Good’ by the CQC.
Nearest services from NHS ODS + postcodes.io + CQC, by straight-line distance.
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