HIQA finds that Leitrim nursing home is 'not compliant' when it comes to residents' rights
The HSE-run facility was found to be only substantially compliant in a number of other areas including protection, staffing, risk management and individual assessment and care plan.
St Patrick’s Community Hospital in Carrick-on-Shannon was found to be not compliant in a number of areas including residents’ rights, training and staff development governance and management after an unannounced inspection in February.
The HSE-run facility was found to be only substantially compliant in a number of other areas including protection, staffing, risk management and individual assessment and care plan.
The report said that the “inspector observed that the social activity programme available for residents was limited, particularly in the Monsignor Young unit, where only limited social activities were available in the communal sitting room for a small number of residents..”
The report added that the inspector's observations of the records for two residents “receiving enhanced one-to-one care by two staff at all times of the day and night did not provide assurances that these residents' social care needs were considered.”
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It also found that “residents were not adequately supported by staff to ensure their social care needs were met to the required standards, and in line with their preferences as described in their care plans. This was negatively impacting on many of the residents' quality of life and rights in the centre.”
It went to to state that “residents' safeguarding documentation was not completed to the required standards to ensure known safeguarding risks were clearly identified and effectively mitigated. Practices by staff carrying out enhanced supervision roles for two residents in Monsignor Young unit for periods of 16 hours per day for one resident and 24 hours for the other resident did not promote these residents' independence and autonomy.”
The inspector said that “oversight of residents' care failed to identify that residents did not have adequate dining facilities in Dr McGarry unit. Auditing of residents' assessments and care plans failed to identify that residents' care documentation was not completed to the required standards.”
The report gave the example that “not all residents' capacity to participate in social activities they preferred was assessed and safeguarding plans were not consistently developed for residents with known safeguarding needs.”
It went on to say that this “posed a risk that relevant information regarding each resident's safety needs and care interventions would not be available to staff, and these needs would not be effectively met. Management systems in place did not identify and ensure that residents, including residents with dementia were provided with opportunities to participate in meaningful social activities in line with their individual preferences and capacities.”
St Patrick’s Community Hospital has set out the action they have taken or intend to take to comply with the regulation in order to bring the centre back into compliance.