Island Sands Residential Care Home
Island Sands Residential Care Home is a care home in Sheerness, run by Little Oyster Limited. CQC rated it Good overall in May 2024 (last checked 28 May 2024). It has 44 beds. It is registered to support people living with dementia, older people, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment.
- Care home without nursing
Seaside Avenue, Minster-on-Sea, Sheerness, Kent, ME12 2NJ
What CQC says
Overall rating
The service is performing well and meeting expectations.
Up from Requires improvement, 2 November 2023.
Last checked by CQC: 28 May 2024.
The five key questions
CQC rates each service on five questions. Each has its own rating.
Is it safe?
Goodrated 2 years ago (28 May 2024)Is it effective?
No rating for this question.
Is it caring?
Goodrated 2 years ago (28 May 2024)Is it responsive to people’s needs?
Goodrated 2 years ago (28 May 2024)Is it well-led?
Goodrated 2 years ago (28 May 2024)
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Understanding this rating
Plain facts about how CQC rates and inspects services, as CQC describes them. This is not advice and not a rating of ours.
This rating is from May 2024. That is more than 2 years ago. A service can change a lot in that time, for better or worse. CQC decides when to inspect again.
Questions you could ask
- What has changed since the last inspection?
How often CQC looks again
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Earlier ratings
Overall ratings this service had before, newest first. These are CQC’s own earlier ratings.
- Requires improvement2 November 2023Read the report (opens in a new tab)
- Requires improvement5 August 2023Read the report (opens in a new tab)
- Inadequate24 March 2023Read the report (opens in a new tab)
- Requires improvement3 August 2022Read the report (opens in a new tab)
- Inadequate6 October 2021Read the report (opens in a new tab)
- Good1 May 2021Read the report (opens in a new tab)
- Requires improvement18 February 2021Read the report (opens in a new tab)
- Requires improvement31 December 2019Read the report (opens in a new tab)
- Requires improvement14 November 2018Read the report (opens in a new tab)
- Good11 November 2016Read the report (opens in a new tab)
About this service
- Type of care
- Care home without nursing
- Who it supports
- Dementia, Older people, Physical disability, Sensory impairment, Mental health needs, Younger adults
- Number of beds
- 44
- Nursing care
- No, personal care only
- Registered since
- 14 December 2010
- Local council area
- Kent
Who runs it
- Provider
- Little Oyster Limited
- Kind of provider
- Company or organisation