‘Serious concerns’ over operators of nursing home

HEALTH inspectors have raised concerns about the ability of the operators of a large Co Clare nursing home to run the facility which provides a home to 54 elderly patients.

Officials from the Health Information and Quality Authority said they were “seriously concerned” that the provider and acting person in charge of Kilrush District Hospital did not meet the criteria deemed necessary for such a role.

HIQA inspectors, who visited the voluntary-run facility which is located on the Cooraclare Road in Kilrush, found 17 residents were restrained in buxton chairs without adequate exploration of alternative means of restraint.