The practice of physically restraining clients at a centre in Co Meath for people with intellectual disabilities is being heavily criticised within the report.
An inspection carried out by HIQA shows a high number of frequent and intensive physical interventions and restrictive measures were used in the Redwood Extended Care Facility in Stamullen on a regular basis.
HIQA says it was notified of 772 such incidents in an eleven-month period.
The high level of restrictive practice and restraint used included locked doors – both internally and doors that exited the centre – and residents being confined to specific rooms, sometimes for significant periods of time.
Physical restraint included the enforced removal of residents to designated areas of the centre, and a number of staff physically holding residents in a position.
