Watchdog review finds small nursing homes struggling and residents left afraid by Covid

Hiqa also found residents in nursing homes also suffered great trauma during the pandemic, feeling angry, afraid, and isolated.

Small nursing homes are closing and ever-bigger new nursing homes are opening which goes against the State’s plan to move away from large institutions, the Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) has warned.

Residents in nursing homes also suffered great trauma during the pandemic, feeling angry, afraid, and isolated, an in-depth review of the nursing home sector by the health watchdog shows.