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THE LATEST INSPECTION reports by the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) found non compliances in a number of nursing homes.
Since the last inspection, an allegation of abuse had been made at St Colmcille’s Nursing Home in County Meath. HIQA enquired with the nurse in charge and, following a review of available records, the allegation (which was made previously in June 2014) was confirmed.
However, HIQA had not been notified as required under the regulations, finding the nursing home moderately non-compliant.
Allegation of abuse
On further examination, the inspector found that staff had not recognised this matter as
an allegation of abuse and had not implemented the policy in response to allegations of
abuse.
The allegation had not been sufficiently investigated, documented or reported in
accordance with best practice guidelines in order to safeguard residents, said HIQA.
The inspector requested that the nurse in charge take appropriate action to address the allegation made.
In addition, since the last inspection one resident required hospitalisation as a result of being given an incorrect textured food by a staff member that contradicted specialist recommendations.
“While the matter had been responded to in a timely manner and the resident had recovered, the incident was preventable,” states the report.
A number of hazards that posed a risk to residents’ care and welfare were also discovered.
Transported on commodes
The report finds that one resident was seen being transported from his bedroom to the bathroom on a commode in the company of two care staff.
It was confirmed with staff that this resident’s privacy and dignity was not adequately maintained as he was not fully or appropriately dressed while seated on a commode in a public area.
The inspector requested to cease and review this practice immediately. Staff also confirmed that residents were showered while sitting on commodes.
There was also an unexplained absence of one resident which occurred since the last inspection, however, a missing person drill had not been practised since to inform staff in the event of re-occurrence.
The report also finds that a number of the wheelchairs and equipment were rusted.
Many of the other areas in which the nursing home were inspected were deemed as compliant or were only minor faults.
St. Joseph’s Centre in Shankill in Dublin was also found to be non-compliant in some areas. The inspectors were concerned that residents healthcare needs were not met in a timely manner to ensure early detection or intervention to prevent ill health and care.
Fall reports
Records for 2014 showed that a number of residents had repeatedly fallen over,
with some resulting in serious injuries. However, records did not show that
appropriate care was provided for all residents following a fall.
In one case, appropriate and timely emergency care was not provided to one resident following a fall.
The report also found that one resident had extensive bruising on their forehead, although there was no evidence of an investigation into the cause or actions taken in response to the incident in July 2014.
The system in place to monitor residents’ nutritional needs and weight required improvement, as did the meal time practice.
It was discovered that one resident had experienced significant weight loss yet there was no plan to manage this residents’ needs. There were no care plans in place to address identified weight loss.
‘Meal time an uncomfortable and unsociable experience’
Meal time was something that was very concerning to inspectors, who said that it was not provided in a discreet or a sensitive manner that enabled residents to eat and drink.
“The mealtime was a delayed, uncomfortable and unsociable experience for residents at times,” states the report, adding that one unit residents had to wait up to one hour for their meal to be served, and some appeared to be hungry.
“One resident leaned across another resident and started taking food off their plate. This food was not a consistency suitable to the residents assessed needs and put the resident at risk of chocking. Inspectors intervened at this point and brought the matter to staff attention.”
The report finds that the residents were not consistently assisted by staff to eat their meal and during mealtime a number of residents were observed sitting alone with food on their face and clothing.
The inspectors were concerned that one resident had food on their face,
and had still not been addressed after inspectors had left and returned to the dining
room a short time later. Some residents were also left to sit at the dining table long after
their meal had been eaten.
They were so concerned about meals and the mealtime experience they reported their concerns and also spoke to the person in charge during the inspection.
Appropriate action was found to have been taken in response to inspectors comments.
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Everybody should ban/boycott the rag! Hillsborough was enough of a reason on its own
@Soccer T’s: Some people still believe in freedom of the press believe it or not.
@Soccer T’s: some of us still believe in the freedom of the press believe it or not.
@Charlie Hebdo:
the sun is not freedom of press it is rupert murdoch and the belief system. There is a huge difference between cutting edge analysis and insulting, lazy and vindictive journalism.
@Charlie Hebdo: and some of us believe in the truth
@ktsiwot: I am no fan of the Sun but I believe in freedom of the press for all news outlets, not just the ones I like or agree with.
@Charlie Hebdo: freedom of the press to insult and incite a whole community through disgusting narrow minded racist and elitist articles? Absolutely.
And in turn we should all exercise our right to boycott this sensationalist braindead rag of pure tripe.
Agreed?
@Charlie Hebdo: Did I say they should be closed down or anything like that? No I said that people/individuals should make the choice to boycott the rag. The more that boycott them the less viable their business model.
“Everybody should ban/boycott the rag! ”
Ban ≠ Boycott.
Reading comments here it appears “everyone” already boycotts it and have done for years.
@Charlie Hebdo: You’re looking for drama where there is none. If I had said that the paper should be shut down, you would have a valid point but I’m afraid you will have to find your drama elsewhere today. People/ organisations being encouraged to ban/boycott is not censorship!!
@Charlie Hebdo: I don’t think “everyone” comments on the journal but I may be wrong.
@Charlie Hebdo: Using “Freedom of the Press” as a means of defending The Sun is an insult to real journalists who risk their lives or livelihoods to report the truth. This guy was a glorified troll looking to insult and degrade people for the sake of it.
If you can’t see the difference you are an utter fool.
@Soccer T’s: You probably are wrong as you’ve been wrong in all your other commentary, there’s a pattern emerging.
@Charlie Hebdo: Aha maybe the trend is your lack of understanding/education. Nice try!
@Ricky Spanish: should the right of freedom of the press only apply to outlets you like or agree with?
“insult to real journalists who risk their lives or livelihoods to report the truth”
FYI very few journalists risk their lives anymore, case in point thejournal.ie
“insult to real journalists who risk their lives or livelihoods to report the truth”
Any journalist working for the Sun would meet your criteria just by being in Liverpool, Ricky.
@Charlie Hebdo: And Charlie was responsible for the deaths of so many innocents including his own workers and I am sure in the KKK.English Defence League HQ MacKenzie is a true patriot.
@Charlie Hebdo: they can print what they want. I also have the freedom to not buy or read the rag. Well done everton.
@Charlie Hebdo: I think you’re wilfully missing the point in order to soap-box. No one’s calling for The Sun to be banned. Simply Everton FC are availing of their own right to reply and offering a rebuttal. That they, a private company, are choosing not to engage with another private company whose practices they fundamentally disagree with, is hardly tantamount to shutting down the press.
@Charlie Hebdo: Some of the most thought provoking and enlightening journalism comes from points of view I disagree with. This article was neither of those things. What exactly has this guy added to the public discourse with this article? It’s trash and people have every right to voice their criticism without being accused of harming the freedom of the Press.
@Fergal O’ Reilly: ” No one’s calling for The Sun to be banned” . . . The OP called for it to be banned and that is what my original comment was responding to. also Everton have banned the newspaper.
@Charlie Hebdo: Believe it or not, some people don’t want gutter journalism.
@Charlie Hebdo: Maybe you struggle with basic language but if you would like to re-read my original comment you will find that I did not call for the Sun to be banned. I said that people and organisations should make that decision. If I had said that “the sun should be closed down or banned” you would have a very valid point but it’s obvious that you are just grandstanding for the sake of it.
@Charlie Hebdo:
Wow charlie, you really are going all out to defend the sun. How on Earth did you find yourself in such an unenviable position. The sun paper is in no way being censored or discouraged from printing its tripe, EFC have simply decided that they don’t want the suns product on their private property. Like a children’s food store might choose not to sell rat poison on their shelves. But all of this has already been explained to you, but you seem unwilling or unable to process sensible explanations or arguments. You seem dogged in your defence of one of the most disgusting papers ever to go to print. Are you proud of yourself? Is anyone proud of you?
@Peedur Dante: To be fair to him he’s defending freedom of the press rather than the Sun specifically
@Soccer T’s:
And I’m pointing out to him that the freedom of the press is not being attacked here. This is a different matter all together. He is confusedly arguing that EFC’s actions towards the sun constitutes an attack on the free press. This is not the case, and if he felt so passionately about the freedom of press why not comment on an article about vladimir putin rather then defend the sun so vigorously.
@Soccer T’s: Labour Party and Tory party should be treated like sc€m for this and the other covers ups.
Don’t have anything against British people but their government are consistently awful.
How you can trust a government to do good abroad when they even have such disdain for their own people.
The double standards in the press here w.r.t British parties is galling.
@Soccer T’s: best selling paper in England and the sun is printed in Knowsley in Liverpool so as to boycotting it not all Liverpool is so you all wasting your time just get over yourself and move on , great paper buy it everyday.
@Brian OConnor:
If you buy the sun everyday and consider it a great paper, all I can do is pity you.
Good news. Horrible publication and an even more horrible man.
Everton fans don’t buy that rag, as it insulted their family members. The Mail, Express any rag of a paper owned by Rubert Murdoch.
@Ossi Fritsche: the family that use to own the mail owned Everton for many many years.
How anyone still buys that rag defies belief..
@SteveW: Low IQ, so low in fact that they can’t even use a smartphone.
28 years late is better than never. They should have shown solidarity with Liverpool over their articles on Hillsborough
@Alan Lawlor: Huh? What you talking about? Everton have never shown anything but solidarity with Liverpool.
@Alan Lawlor: ya… because everton hasn’t shown enough support over the years. .. wind your neck in lad
@Alan Lawlor: Alan Liverpool only banned the Sun 2 months ago so Everton should get no criticism here.
@Alan Lawlor: still going on about that.
@Alan Lawlor: A bit of an ill informed comment. Everton football club and supporters have ALWAYS shown solidarity with LFC in the fight for justice for the 96 fans that died at Hillsborough.
https://youtu.be/Nmzu29eRhMU
@Alan Lawlor: and stupidest comment of the week goes to…..You.
@Alan Lawlor: Troll.
Haven’t read that rag in years. The article was published to upset Liverpudlians on the eve of the anniversary of the Hillsborough tragedy and does not surprise me one little bit. The editor should be fired for publishing it and the author should be shot for….just being himself.
The Sun is only one of two publications that I’ve actually wiped my ar$e with.
@Muiris O’Daltuin: My sympathies to your butthole. It’ll never be the same again.
@Muiris O’Daltuin: better not download the app then.
@J.D. Finnerty: It was no Andrex quilts, thats for sure. Cheap paper for cheap words.
I thought the sun was a great news paper. Both it and the Daily mail are often only a euro. Which is a quarter the price of smoke pellets for testing newly installed stoves. I honestly used to buy them for that until I realised I was supporting them by buying it, so now I pay more for another news paper just to burn.
@Bilbo Baggins: you are a modern day Joan of Arc.
Great news rag of a ‘paper’
What I don’t understand is why The Sun is still going, when everybody claims to not buy it.
The Sun like all of Rupert Murdoch’s publications and TV outlets are pure dirt.
Says a lot about the eNglish, when this is their most popular paper.
300k a year for a colume! I’m in the wrong line of business. No wonder he’s on holiday
I automatically assume that anyone who gathers their information from outlets like the sun, daily mail, etc. are buffoons whose opinion should be ignored at all costs.
Their 99% rags most of them but that sc$m is on another level
This sets a very dangerous precedent and creates a chilling effect for all sports journalists. Restricting the free press is dangerous.
@Charlie Hebdo: demanding the press reports the truth seems reasonable
@Charlie Hebdo: what he wrote was nothing got to do with sports journalism. Allowing these views are more dangerous. We have a right to free press alright but not the opinion and ramblings of a spiteful hateful person.
@Joe Travers: in other words Joe you just disagree/dislike his views and want them suppressed, freedom of the press should apply to all news outlets not just the ones you like or agree with.
@Charlie Hebdo: dangerous precedent my ar$e. You’re still living in the 70s are ya when journalists actually reported News rather than deliberately incite hatred, persecute and vilify persons of their own choosing and sensationalise tragic stories.
In fact small gestures like this might actually prompt editors to be more responsible in their reporting.
Unlikely though.
@Charlie Hebdo: Err just to educate you, Kelvin Mc Kenzie the author of the offending article, is not a sports journalist.It must be dizzy up on your high horse.
It may be a loathsome publication but I think a complete ban on it or its employees sets a dangerous precedent. Sanitised news/reporting only results in dumbed down information.
Everton ban the sun from its stadium…it’s going to a dull aul place without any sun!!
Jesus what a stupid pc world we live in,so what the sun said something bad about someone what’s new, ppl these days need to grow up and grow a pair
The paper is a rag, it must be said, and that phrase, “Any publicity is good publicity.”, makes me think they won’t care one bit about all this, and might actually be secretly delighted their paper is in the news.
A comic of a newspaper….actually that’s not fair on comics…a pure gutter rag…
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