HIQA: People in congregated settings have poorer quality of life

People with a disability living in congregated, or institutional, settings had a poorer quality of life compared to residents who live in community settings, with little choice in how they spent their day, according to a new report from health watchdog HIQA.

The Health Information and Quality Authority has published its Overview of Regulation in Disability Services in 2019 and said while overall, compliance with regulations was high, non-compliance rates were higher in centres of 10 or more people and residents there were at greater risk of a poorer quality of life.