Healthcare Management Solutions

Aspen Grange care home in Braintree has been praised by the Care Quality Commission for its quality of care.

The home received a ‘Good’ rating in all key areas inspected – safe, effective, caring, responsive, and well-led.

Aspen Grange Care Home is a nursing home providing nursing and residential care for up to 49 people in one purpose built environment. The service also provides support to older people living with dementia and complex care requirements.

The report noted that ‘People received safe care from staff who knew them well’ and ‘People were supported to have maximum choice and control of their lives and staff supported them in the least restrictive way possible and in their best interests; the policies and systems in the service supported this practice.’

The home’s management was praised with the inspector saying that ‘We received positive feedback about the leadership and management of the service. There were systems in place to monitor, maintain and improve the quality of the service.’

It was also stated that ‘Staff were kind and caring and people and their relatives confirmed this’ and included comments from relatives saying "Most of the staff are very good here." "[Person] is unable to speak, but they are always smiling, and I know they are happy." and "They, [staff] are very kind and friendly to [person], I know [person] is happy here."

Sharon Thompson, manager at Aspen Grange said: “I am so proud of the whole team who work diligently and professionally to ensure our residents are happy, safe and supported to live their best lives.”

Heidi Davies, operations director at Opal Care said: “This report is testament to the hard work and dedication of Sharon and her whole team.

“They are providing the quality of care and support we aspire to and I am delighted this has been acknowledged by the inspectors, and most importantly by family and friends of our residents.”

Aspen Grange is operated by Opal Care, which is managed by Healthcare Management Solutions.

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Healthcare Management Solutions provides care home operators, owners, banks, financiers and insolvency practitioners with management, support, monitoring, business review and quality audit for the assets they are involved with in the care home sector.

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