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Hiqa said staff and residents at Gainevale House indicated the centre was not always a ‘calm and relaxed or safe atmosphere’ at the centre. Photograph: iStock.
‘Abusive interactions’ at Westmeath care centre, Hiqa finds

There was a “consistent level of abusive interactions” within a residential care centre for adults with disabilities in Co Westmeath which “impacted s(...)

A resident of a south Dublin centre for people with disabilities experienced 89 abusive incidents in a nine-month period, according to a report by the Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa). Image: iStock.
Disability centre resident experienced ‘89 abusive incidents’ in nine months - Hiqa

A resident of a south Dublin centre for people with disabilities experienced 89 abusive incidents in a nine-month period, according to a report by the(...)

People with disabilities gather outside Leinster House on Tuesday ahead of final talks with the Minister for Health, Simon Harris, to save RehabCare. Photograph: Justin Farrelly
Funding for Rehab to be increased by €2m a year

The Government has agreed to increase funding for the Rehab Group, which provides services for people with intellectual and physical disabilities, by (...)

The HIQA report said overall the resident’s quality of life and safety Logan House in Galway was found to be “poor”.
Staff in brain injury support centre were ignoring residents - report

Residents of a supported accommodation facility for people with an acquired brain injury raised concerns that staff were on their phones and ignoring (...)

In an inspection in March, Hiqa found ‘peer-to-peer physical interaction incidents continued’ in Drombanna Centre, operated by RehabCare in Limerick.
Staff in disability centre told to leave resident behind during fire drills

Staff at a centre for adults with severe disabilities were repeatedly told to leave a resident behind during fire-drill evacuations, “and rely on the (...)

An inspection at the Drombanna centre in Co Limerick, in November 2017, found conditions were “not satisfactory”. File photograph: iStock/Getty Images
Physical abuse between residents found at disability centre

Instances of physical abuse between residents have been identified at a Limerick disability centre run by RehabCare. At another centre, in Co Kerry,(...)

Dublin Bus buses in Broadstone Bus depot Dublin after services were cancelled as ex-hurricane Ophelia hits. Photograph: Caroline Quinn/PA Wire
Storm Ophelia: Luas operator meets as service cancelled

Luas: There will be no Luas service on the Red or Green lines on Tuesday morning due to damage at a technical room at the Red Cow depot. It is current(...)

The health watchdog was forced to visit a disability centre in Dublin after it received over 20 reports of physical, psychological and verbal abuse in less than a month, according to a report.
Residents at disability centre subjected to physical and verbal abuse

The health watchdog was forced to visit a disability centre in Dublin after it received over 20 reports of physical, psychological and verbal abuse in(...)

Ability West: A Hiqa report found that locks were fitted to doors and residents escorted down hallways by staff at the centre in Co Galway in order to prevent peer-to-peer attacks.
Galway disability centre ‘failed to prevent peer-to-peer abuse’

Locks had to be fitted to doors and residents escorted down hallways by staff at a Galway centre for people with intellectual disabilities in order to(...)

HSE has told an Oireachtas committee 34 senior managers in eight so-called section 39 organisations, which received over €3 million in funding from the health service, also receive other benefits
Over €100,000 paid to 24 bosses at funded bodies

A total of 24 senior managers in organisations which receive substantial grant funding from the HSE are being paid more than €100,000 per year, new o(...)

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