Care home given praise

A family-run nursing home in Ayrshire has been commended for the care it provides.

Bellevue Nursing Home, in Ayr’s Racecourse Road, was graded as ‘very good’ by the Care Inspectorate.

The grading, the secondhighest possible in the Care Inspectorate’s sixpoint scale, follows an unannounced inspection of the nursing home, over three days, last month.

Bellevue provides nursing and residential care for up to 21 female residents.

According to the scrutiny body, Bellevue had a “strong culture” of person-centred care that made people feel “valued” and “promoted their choices and abilities.”

Staff were “highly motivated”, “well trained” and “focused on achieving good outcomes for people”.

The home kept people “well connected” to their loved ones during the pandemic by enabling safe visiting and by using technology.

And the Care Inspectorate noted “very good infection prevention and control practices”.

Supporting people’s wellbeing, leadership and infection prevention and control were just some of the care home’s key strengths which merited a ‘very good’ grading.