Disabled residents 'at risk' as concerns raised about use of drugs for restraint

A resident at a care home for severe and profoundly disabled people was restrained with a sedative-type drug 13 times in just a few months, inspectors have discovered.

The Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) said the case raised serious concerns about the use and oversight of medications and what it called “chemical restraint” at Cregg House in Co Sligo, a home for more than 100 adults and children.