An embargo will remain in place on a troubled north-east care home following a damning report by inspectors.
Kingsmead Nursing Home, in Kingswells, has been under investigation by the Care Inspectorate and the Nursing and Midwifery Council amid claims residents were mistreated.
Inspectors visited the home in December and yesterday their report was made available publicly for the first time.
Giving the facility the lowest grade in three out of four categories, the Care Inspectorate report revealed “significant concerns” about the standard of care on offer.
An embargo has been in place on the home, preventing it from accepting new residents, since December 9.
Last night, the Aberdeen Health and Social Care Partnership confirmed that would continue.
A spokesman for the organisation said: “We continue to work with the care provider to ensure improvements are made at the home, in line with the Care Inspectorate’s recommendations.
“There is currently an embargo on new admissions to the home while improvements are carried out.”
For care and support, quality of staffing and quality of management and leadership, the facility – which is run by operator Mead Medical Services – was classed as “unsatisfactory”.
The quality of environment was given a grade two, the second-lowest possible rating, and deemed “weak”.
The home had failed to meet all four requirements made by the inspectorate on its previous in July, but had met three recommendations.
Management and staff have now been set six requirements and two recommendations which have to be met by June.
It was revealed last month that former manager Esther Leaver had left the home, and it is understood she and the home’s
director of care Julie Seehuber were being scrutinised by the NMC.
It also emerged another employee force-fed medication to pensioners.
Interim manager Sheena Martin recently said the issues meant there had been “a lot of sadness” at the home. But she added operator Mead Medical Services remained dedicated to providing the best possible care to its residents.
The home has now appointed a new manager who was due to start this week.
Both Kingsmead Nursing Home and Mead Medical Services declined to comment further.
