Care home slated by Hiqa

Management of a home for intellectually disabled people where everyone used one resident’s private property, including a TV, three-piece suite and garden furniture, have been heavily criticised for not providing such basic items themselves.

St Anne’s residential service in Roscrea, run by the Daughters of Charity Disability Support Services Ltd, was also criticised in relation to a car purchased by the same resident for her own use which another resident was also travelling in.

The car owner was insuring, taxing and servicing the car with no evidence that St Anne’s service was contributing. In addition, the other resident was charged for the petrol as a contribution to the trip with no sign of an agreement covering this arrangement, according to inspectors from the Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) who carried out an unannounced inspection of the centre in June.