Resident strapped to chair at care centre for disabled

At a centre for people with disabilities, one resident was strapped to a chair and another had a ‘sleep suit’.

An inspection report into the Adults Services Palmerstown Designated Centre 5 facility, in Dublin 20, found no evidence of appropriate follow-up in any of the 16 incidents that potentially met the definition of abuse.

These incidents included peer-to-peer physical abuse, unexplained bruising to residents, and unexplained injuries.