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ANOTHER IRISH NURSING home has been closed down and put into the control of the HSE.
An interim order was made by Carlow District Court yesterday to cancel the registration of Avondale Nursing Home, Callan, Co Kilkenny, under the Health Act 2007.
The court order was secured by the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) and the HSE was ordered by the court to take over the running of the centre and move the residents to suitable alternative accommodation.
The HSE said that its priorities at this time are to ensure the safety and wellbeing of Avondale’s 12 residents and work towards sourcing alternative accommodation for them.
The HSE acknowledges that this is a difficult time for the residents and their families, and would like to reassure them that their wellbeing is of paramount importance.
Marty Whelan of HIQA told TheJournal.ie:
We’ve had ongoing concerns in relation to Avondale Nursing Home for some time.
HIQA carried out two inspections of Avondale, one in September and one in October of last year and published those results on its website.
According to the report following those investigations, the centre accommodates female and male residents, aged 55 years and older.
Some require care for brain injuries, respite care, dementia specific care and rehabilitation.
The centre is owned by a limited company, Avondale Nursing Home Limited, and the registered provider is Miriam Holmes, director of nursing.
The report describes the home as “clean and well maintained,” “adequately governed” and residents and relations “were broadly content”.
However according to the report, Avondale Nursing Home failed to comply with the Health Act 2007 (Care and Welfare in Designated Centres for Older People) Regulations 2009 and the National Quality Standards for Residential Care Settings for Older People in Ireland in a number of areas.
Inspectors were concerned that there was a lack of suitable staff at key times of the day and that there was a need for more adequate facilities for the fulfilment and recreation of residents during the day.
Some relatives and residents commented that staff were not as available as they could be to speak and interact with residents.
A resident was observed through an open door using the toilet in the assisted bathroom, which the inspector described as “undignified” and a violation of privacy.
At lunchtime, all residents observed wore long utilitarian bibs, which were also “undignified”.
The report also states that there were no organised activities on the days of the inspection; drugs were not stored securely; in a number of bedrooms television sets were placed on metal wall brackets and posed a danger; and staff did not appear to have enough time to interact with residents.
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I always thought this was the one that will have him eating porridge.
@ggg:
@ggg:
@ggg: yup. Of all of the cases against him this is the most likely to end up with a prison sentence. Easy to prove and automatic prison time.
They are really pushing for civil war over there! the democratics want to be careful what they wish for.
Where’s the charges for the people who repressed the hunter Biden laptop fiasco, and lying calling it a “Russian misinformation” all in the run up too the last election because it would have been detrimental impact on Biden campaign! Election meddling at its finest by the democratics and intelligence services..
@I9AQcjXs: Are you saying that Republicans aren’t democratic?
@I9AQcjXs: it’s not the democrats prosecuting him. Hunter biden is a private citizen and a republican led oversight commitee has admitted there is nothing illegal on the laptop. It is a nothing burger, as they say. If this is election meddling, what do you call trump asking georgia to ‘find’ 11k votes?
@I9AQcjXs: so Trump shouldn’t have to abide by the law because it might offend some of his lunatic supporters? Also you are way behind the time regarding Hunters laptop which even the GOP say is a nothing burger. Not to mention that he isn’t running for public office and never has. But you know who was running for office? Hillary Clinton, when her email story was announced the week before the election. But you’re not interested in facts are you? That’s why you didn’t know that the Laptop story has been done to death and proven to be much ado about nothing.
I’m not a supporter of trump but the alleged crimes committed in 2016 and 2020 are coming to the forefront now with prosecutions. He could have been prosecuted at the time but all this coming up now when he is running for election shows a pure political motivation to these allegations.
@Ciaran: can’t prosecute a sitting president, he was in office between those years. Also this particular offence didn’t happen until the end of 2020. Prosecutions in the USA take as long as they do here.
Finally an article on Niall Collins but surprise surprise, comments once again closed. Why do the journal feel he needs protecting from criticism or questions? None of this debacle is before the courts yet. Cowardly journal staff.
@ggg: Their website. Their terms and conditions. Their legal liability for content, including comments posted. I’m sure Their are plenty of forums on which you could comment online about that news story.
@Numinous20111: what legal liability? Nothing is before the courts. I’m thinking you may not know what legal liability is my friend.
@ggg: It’s commonsense, not cowardice. We have strong libel laws in Ireland and the commentators on here aren’t exactly known for their ability to fact check what they’re posting.
@The Big Baba: I can’t reply directly to ggg, so have to reply by means of your own comment. In your eagerness to comment, you are forgetting
or ignoring that comments here can be retrospectively relevant if legal process commences. Think also of why Fox News fired Carlson yesterday.
The amount of sad deluded people that refuse to accept how the lying treacherous orange thing is playing them for every penny he can.
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