Three separate parts of St. Anne's Residential Services in Roscrea were inspected by health officers in May and June of this year with serious issues of non-compliance raised.
In May of this year, an unannounced inspection of a centre in St Anne’s, Roscrea which is part of the Daughters of Charity Disability Support Services was carried out.
The centre, a semi-detached house on an estate is home to three men and two women with a varying range of support needs.
Inspectors found the premises to be visibly unclean and poorly maintained while they also found that residents’ needs were not being addressed appropriately as part of the personal outcome measure process or as part of the person centred planning review.
The report also highlights several other areas of the centre which need improvement, including safeguarding resident’s personal property and possessions, infection control, management of challenging behaviour and medication management.
In June, HIQA inspectors carried out an unannounced inspection of Group L of St. Anne's in order to monitor ongoing regulatory compliance.
Officials found a high level of non-compliance and significant deficits in the quality of care provided to residents.
Of a total of ten outcomes inspected, there were six at the level of major non-compliance.
Some of the areas where major non compliance was found were that there was no support given to residents to manage their own finances, failure to meet the assessed needs of all residents, managing risk and fire safety and medication storage.
Inspectors were not satisfied that there were effective governance arrangements in place at the centre.
Meanwhile, also in June, a two day announced inspection took place in Group K of St. Anne's following a registration application by the centre.
Officials found the centre was clean, warm, homely and well maintained with a pleasant private garden to the rear.
As part of the inspection, the inspector met with the residents and staff members where residents said they were happy and liked where they were living.
