Seanchara Community Unit, 515, nursing home inspection ... - hiqa.ie

Significant improvements required
A risk management policy was not available.
The radiators on the corridors posed a potential risk to residents as they were very
hot to touch.
Access to the key of the safe, where residents’ money was stored, was not secure.
The receptionist stated the key was stored in a locked filing cabinet. The key of the
filing cabinet was kept in an unlocked drawer within a key-coded office. However, a
number of staff members had access to this office and therefore had access to the
key.
The record of residents’ money was not being kept in an accurate or confidential
manner. A large brown envelope with columns for cash in, out, running total and
received by, was in place for each individual resident who had cash held in the safe.
The inspector reviewed residents’ individual brown envelopes and found what was
written on the envelope did not accurately reflect the amount of cash within the
envelope.
Residents whose relatives collected their weekly cash allowance were requested to
sign on a pre-printed sheet of paper. This sheet of paper showed details of other
residents’ names and weekly cash allowance and therefore did not maintain their
privacy.
Insurance documentation was available for inspection. However, it did not include
the name of the centre; the inspector could not identify the centre by the code on
the insurance document. It did not state that liability to any resident shall not exceed
€1,000 for any one item except where the property was deposited.
A draft contract of care was available for review, however a contract of care had not
been sent to individual residents. The person in charge stated that this document
was being finalised and would be given out to residents as soon as it was completed.
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