US EditionQuestions HIQA needs to answer after nursing home exposé
- An RTÉ Investigates episode broadcast on Wednesday evening revealed cases of mistreatment and neglect at two care facilities operated by Emeis Ireland, located in Portlaoise and Glasnevin.
- The programme revealed residents left unsupervised with unmet basic needs, while Emeis Ireland acknowledged this treatment as wholly unjustifiable and apologized.
- Following the broadcast, Minister for Older People Kieran O'Donnell met Hiqa representatives on Wednesday, calling the neglect extremely distressing and unacceptable.
- Emeis Ireland operates 27 nursing homes and spent €1.89 million on agency staff last year while a full organizational review is underway.
- The revelations prompted a government-ordered review of all Emeis homes and calls for improved safeguarding legislation and regulatory vigilance to protect elder welfare.
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Hiqa found little wrong in nursing homes, but undercover RTÉ reporters discovered a darker reality
“From what residents told the inspector and from what was observed, it was evident residents were very happy living in Beneavin Manor and their rights were respected in how they spent their days.”
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Questions HIQA needs to answer after nursing home exposé
Aoife Hegarty, Deputy Editor, RTÉ Investigates, looks at some of the questions HIQA still has to answer after RTÉ Investigates programme uncovered multiple examples of care failings and neglect of vulnerable older residents at two nursing homes.
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