HIQA Publishes Inspection Reports On 3 Kildare Nursing Homes.

Friday, 4 June 2021 12:54

Assessments carried out at Willowbrook Nursing Home, Ashley Lodge Nursing Home & Shalom Nursing Home.

HIQA has published inspection reports on three Kildare nursing homes.

Assessments were conducted on Willowbrook Nursing Home on January 27th, at Ashley Lodge Nursing Home on March 12th and at Shalom Nursing Home on March 11th.

Today, we have published 31 inspection reports on nursing homes. To find out more, you can read our statement at: https://t.co/FbAhFVnK3h
— HIQA (@HIQA) June 4, 2021

Willowbrook was assessed on 9 regulations under the headings of "capacity and capability" and "quality and safety".

It was deemed not compliant with 7 regulations.

Ashley Lodge Nursing Home was inspected on 19 standards - it was compliant on 11, substantially so on 7 and not compliant on 1

13 standards were inspected at Shalom Nursing Home, where compliance was found on 6.

It was substantially compliant on 5, and not compliant on 2.

HIQA and nursing home operators have engaged since the completion of the assessments, and compliance plans have been developed.

The Willowbrook Nursing Home report is available here

The Ashley Lodge Nursing Home report is available here

The Shalom Nursing Home report is available here

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