Court shuts nursing home down after unsupervised patients seriously injured

A CO Wicklow nursing home where vulnerable residents sustained serious injury when left unsupervised has been shut down on foot of a court order.

Court shuts nursing home down after unsupervised patients seriously injured
Sat, 24 Apr, 2010 - 01:00
Catherine Shanahan

Glenbervie Nursing Home in Bray was effectively struck off in Bray District Court yesterday after the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) took action against it for its ongoing failure to properly look after about 30 patients in its care.

Over the course of four inspections between September 2009 and March this year, HIQA found:

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