Nursing home: Inspectors’ standards ‘unachievable’

A PRIVATE care home owner said that demands sometimes required by the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA), are “unachievable”.

Olivia English’s comments came after a HIQA inspection report said “inspectors had serious concerns about the management of a resident at risk of malnutrition” at her Sancta Maria care home in Cratloe, Clare.

The inspectors said the resident should have been referred to a dietician but it had not taken place.