Standards of care fell below acceptable levels

STANDARDS of care fell below acceptable levels at Leas Cross Nursing Home for nearly two years before it closed in 2005, the final report of the Government-appointed inquiry has concluded.

The facility in north Co Dublin closed in August 2005 following an undercover RTÉ Prime Time Investigates TV programme that raised concerns over the treatment of its residents.

It later emerged that 105 patients died at the nursing home between 2002 and 2004, many showing symptoms of grave neglect, such as bed sores, dehydration and malnutrition.