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The Ivy

The Ivy is a care home in Barry, run by The Cedars Care Services Ltd. CIW gives no overall rating. It rates 4 themes (Well-being: Requires improvement, Care and support: Requires improvement, Environment: Requires improvement, Leadership and management: Requires improvement). It is registered for 4 places. It is registered to support people with a learning disability or autism and people with a physical disability.

  • Care home

4 Pardoe Crescent, Barry, CF62 8EQ

What CIW says

Ratings for each theme, not an overall rating

CIW rates a service on themes, such as well-being and care and support. It does not give a service one overall rating, so we do not either. Each rating is shown below as CIW published it.

CIW does not publish the date of each rating in its data. The CIW page for this service has the latest inspection report.

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Ratings for each theme

CIW gives each theme its own rating. Each is shown as CIW published it.

  • Well-being

    How well does the service support people’s well-being and the outcomes they want?

    Requires improvement

    Outcomes for people require improvement. This is the second lowest of CIW’s four ratings for a theme.

  • Care and support

    How good is the care and support people get?

    Requires improvement

    Outcomes for people require improvement. This is the second lowest of CIW’s four ratings for a theme.

  • Environment

    How good is the place where people live? (Care homes only.)

    Requires improvement

    Outcomes for people require improvement. This is the second lowest of CIW’s four ratings for a theme.

  • Leadership and management

    How well is the service led and managed?

    Requires improvement

    Outcomes for people require improvement. This is the second lowest of CIW’s four ratings for a theme.

What the CIW ratings mean
Excellent
Outcomes for people are excellent. This is the highest of CIW’s four ratings for a theme.
Good
Outcomes for people are good. This is the second highest of CIW’s four ratings for a theme.
Requires improvement
Outcomes for people require improvement. This is the second lowest of CIW’s four ratings for a theme.
Requires significant improvement
Outcomes for people require significant improvement. CIW gives this rating where there are poor outcomes or significant risks to people’s well-being.

Not sure what the ratings mean? Read how CIW ratings work.

Understanding this rating

Plain facts about how CIW rates and inspects services, as CIW describes them. This is not advice and not a rating of ours.

What CIW looks at

  • Well-being: Requires improvement

    CIW looks at how the service supports people’s physical and mental health, their rights, their independence and their relationships.

    Questions you could ask

    • How do you help people do what matters to them each day?
    • How do you help people stay in touch with family and the local community?
    • How do you find out what each person wants from their care?
  • Care and support: Requires improvement

    CIW looks at the quality of the care and whether it is right for each person’s individual needs.

    Questions you could ask

    • How is the personal plan made, and how can family help?
    • How are medicines looked after and given?
    • How do you keep the same care staff for each person where you can?
  • Environment: Requires improvement

    CIW rates this theme for services where people live, such as care homes. It looks at how suitable the building and rooms are and how well they are looked after.

    Questions you could ask

    • Can we see the bedrooms and shared spaces?
    • How do you look after repairs and equipment?
    • How can people make their room feel like their own?
  • Leadership and management: Requires improvement

    CIW looks at how well the service is run, including how it supports its staff and how it checks the quality of its own work.

    Questions you could ask

    • How do you check quality and make improvements?
    • How are staff trained and supported?
    • For home care: how long is each visit?

How often CIW inspects

CIW plans inspections using what it knows about each service. For care homes and home care, its code of practice gives these gaps between inspections: up to 18 months (routine), 12 months (early) or 6 months (priority). CIW can inspect at any time.

“Requires significant improvement”

If CIW issues a “priority action notice”, the theme it relates to is rated Requires significant improvement. CIW then plans another inspection within six months.

About this service

Type of care
Care home
Who it supports
Learning disability or autism, Physical disability
Registered places
4
Nursing care
No, personal care only
Local council area
Vale of Glamorgan

Who runs it

Provider
The Cedars Care Services Ltd
Kind of provider
Limited Company

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