A CARE home has received national recognition for the fifth year in a row.

Staff at specialist dementia care home in Wellington, Camelot House and Lodge, are celebrating confirmation of their fifth successive accreditation.

They received full marks for the third time in a row, from national standards body the Gold Standards Framework (GSF), awarded for the outstanding quality of palliative care they provide for residents.

The care home has now qualified as a finalist in October’s national awards for Care Home of the Year.

The home was first accredited in 2013 by GSF, which exists to promote delivery of the very best end-of-life care, and it has been consistently accredited at three-yearly intervals ever since.

The assessor, Gaynor Pitman, said: “It was clear from the outset that the home has not lost its enthusiasm for GSF and ensuring that their residents live and die well, and are consistently seeking ways to improve.

“They certainly deserve their fifth accreditation. Well done team.”

Paul Teasdale, director of Camelot Care, said: “This fifth successive reaccreditation by GSF is proof of the long-term commitment of our colleagues at Camelot House and Lodge.

“It gives such reassurance to residents’ families about how genuinely dedicated the team is to providing the highest quality palliative and end-of-life care.

“Huge congratulations to our home manager Zillah Oakes and her team - we are very proud of them.”

As part of her inspection, Ms Pitman interviewed the daughter of resident for whom end of life care was in place at the time of her visit.

The interviewee, who was spending long hours at her dying mother’s bedside, said: “I’ve been sat here for hours, and never once have I heard a staff member be unkind or rude to anyone, they are just wonderful, kind human beings.”