Margery Girling House
Home care agency in Felixstowe, Suffolk
Operated by Orwell Housing Association
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- Peaceful Neighbourhood — Among the lowest for recorded anti-social behaviour and public disorder of comparable areas (police-recorded crime).
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About
Margery Girling House is a home care agency that provides care and support in people's own homes. Its main area of care is dementia, and it also supports older people aged 65 and over, people with physical disabilities, people with mental health needs and people with sensory impairment. The agency's office is in Felixstowe, East Suffolk.
The Care Quality Commission rates Margery Girling House Good overall, with Good ratings for the Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led key questions. The rating report was published in 2020.
What inspectors found
CQC: GoodReport published 24 February 2020 · Last inspected 3 February 2020
Inspectors looked at personal care given to residents of a sheltered housing complex, where 31 of the 34 residents received support and some lived with dementia. The report describes staff as caring and respectful, and says people's independence, dignity and privacy were promoted, with their choices about their care, including end-of-life decisions, respected. The service was rated good overall, the same as at its previous inspection.
- Systems were in place to reduce the risk of avoidable harm and abuse, and infection control procedures protected people.
- Inspectors found there were enough staff to meet people's care needs, that staff were recruited safely, and that medicines were managed safely.
- Staff had the training they needed, and people's health and dietary needs were assessed and supported.
- People were supported to make their own choices and keep control of their lives, with staff using the least restrictive approach and acting in people's best interests.
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.
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What's nearby
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What’s in the area
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- AllotmentsAmple
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Local health safety net
Margery Girling House is backed by a local NHS health network. The nearest A&E is Ipswich Hospital, 9.2 miles away. The local GP practice is GROVE MEDICAL CENTRE, 0.6 miles away, rated ‘Good’ by the CQC.
Nearest services from NHS ODS + postcodes.io + CQC, by straight-line distance.
Part of Orwell Housing Association
Margery Girling House is one of 14 services run by Orwell Housing Association on AskBart. See how the group's services are rated and where it operates.
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