Just adding my thoughts here.
Inspections are just a snapshot on the day they visit.
My husband is in a nursing home that takes dementia sufferers with challenging behaviour. There are nine men on his floor and most days you would think it is a residential home, calm, laughter and somewhere I would be happy to live.
Another day there could be two men really having a difficult time and though most of the men are on 1:1 care so more staff than men, it can be chaotic because up to 4 staff may be needed per man to help them through their problems.
So if they come to inspect on a quiet day full tick boxes, if they came on a bad day how would they see the home? My daughter has been there on one of the visits and she was asked questions. She answered them quite clearly that had it not been a good home her Father would not be there. Our opinion of the home is it is first rate. At the moment I am visiting daily and for most of the day because of my husband's condition. So I see so much now and my opinion is still the same, excellent.
The inspections may be a deterrent for a home not to drop their standards but I think for us who need to use a home it is for us to visit, several times at different times of the day and see how the home works.
At the moment I am having problems with what I have been advised is an infestation of cluster flies. So a snap shot view of my home would have been poor hygiene, which is far from the truth.
Just my thoughts on these short inspections,
Jay