Nursing home fails to address issues three months after HIQA inspection

A NURSING home where 23 issues were discovered by inspectors on issues such as medicine administration and fire safety, still had not fully rectified 22 of those issues three months later.

The Maryfield Nursing Home in Farnablake, Athenry in Co Galway is the subject of the report by the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) which highlighted failings it said needed to be addressed.

A voluntary centre run by the West of Ireland Alzheimer’s Foundation, Maryfield provides long-term and respite care for those with dementia and Alzheimer’s and at the time of the inspection all 22 spaces were occupied.