Two minute, 20 second mealtime in elderly centre - Hiqa report

Two centres for older people have been strongly criticised by the Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) after a mealtime was found to be as short as two minutes and 20 seconds and a resident presented with signs of dehydration.

The report into the Adults Services Palmerstown Designated Centre 6, operated by Stewarts Care in Dublin 20, highlighted “significant concerns identified on both days of inspection resulted in two meetings with the provider and four immediate actions being issued”.

It found the centre had major non-compliances across all six standards reviewed, concluding the service was not safe and had failed to ensure residents were protected from abuse.