Inspectors raise concerns over nursing home

SERIOUS concerns have been raised by health inspectors about the running of a Cork nursing home.

Inspectors from the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA), who visited Amberley Home in Fermoy last September, found it was using a room that was not registered for a resident.

Records showed that on a number of occasions there were 48 residents in the private nursing home though it was only registered for 47. Inspectors also found an exposed cable in the room, care plans were not being updated, elder abuse training was not provided to all staff; and there was an absence of fire drills.