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Care Home Maintenance and Environment

by Laura Mortimer, from the Community

This care home maintenance and environment audit checklist helps managers and staff verify compliance across facilities and domestic operations. It covers weekly and monthly inspections and statutory certificates for gas, electrical systems, fire alarms, emergency lighting, extinguishers, PAT testing, and legionella. Assess first aid readiness, fire prevention and evacuation, COSHH, asbestos, manual handling, working at height, and other risk assessments. Inspect housekeeping standards, corridors, lounges, dining areas, bathrooms and showers, kitchens, laundry, staff areas, and medicine rooms. Capture issues, decide on in-house fixes or contractor work, and document follow-up actions for a safer, compliant care environment.

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Care Home Maintenance and Environment Checklist
Use this care home maintenance and environment checklist to standardize weekly and monthly inspections. Verify fire alarms, emergency lighting, extinguishers, and service certificates. Check first aid supplies, evacuation plans, and housekeeping. Capture findings on corridors, lounges, WCs, bathrooms, showers, kitchens, and laundry areas, including fixtures, flooring, lighting, extractor fans, and sanitary ware. Record risk assessments (COSHH, asbestos, manual handling, lone workers, young employees, expectant mothers, working at height). Assign actions for in-house fixes or contractors and note safety issues.
by Claire Wright, from the Community
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Maintenance and Environment Audit Checklist
This maintenance and environment audit checklist helps care homes and healthcare facilities review essential safety and compliance standards across main areas. It covers weekly and monthly inspections, fire safety and evacuation, emergency lighting, alarms and extinguishers, electrical and gas certificates, COSHH registers and risk assessments, housekeeping, corridors and receptions, lounges and dining areas, WC and shower rooms, kitchens, laundries, sluices, staff areas, nurse stations, and medicine rooms. Use it to verify cleanliness and condition of fixtures and fittings, monitor equipment and certificates, ensure safe storage of chemicals, identify hazards and obstructions, and assign in-house or contractor actions to resolve issues promptly.
by Razvan Andriescu, from the Community
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Health and Safety Audit Checklist for Care Homes
This health and safety audit checklist helps care homes assess compliance across key areas. It includes pre audit checks and verification of records for legionella, electrical systems, gas boilers, ventilation, heating, asbestos, PAT testing and call bell systems. Inspect general areas for cleanliness, access, environmental hazards and PPE availability and use. Review storage and COSHH, bathrooms and toilets, and bedrooms for window restrictors, trip hazards, electrical fittings, secured furniture, door guards and radiator covers. Assess kitchen operations, staff training and monthly audits, hand hygiene supplies and equipment condition. Check laundry facilities and secure storage. Evaluate fire and emergency preparedness including clear routes, extinguishers, emergency lighting, PEEPs, alarm tests, drills and staff training. Confirm safety signage, manual handling practices, equipment inspections and availability of aids. Include lounge and dining room cleanliness and floor safety.
by Chelsey Noble, from the Community
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Care Home Safety and Housekeeping Inspection
This residential care home inspection checklist helps housekeepers and managers audit safety, cleanliness, and compliance across the property. It covers front entrance readiness, visitor policies and notice boards, key store controls and documentation, linen and cleaning stock, lounge and communal areas, kitchen food safety and appliances, bathrooms and hygiene, halls and fire signage, outdoor areas and security, plus staff ID, PPE, and key management. Use it to standardize checks, document issues, and maintain a safe, supportive environment.
by Rebecca Riddell, from the Community
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