Nursing home resident was unable to get out of locked room, inspection found – The Irish Times

A resident in a HSE-run nursing dwelling in Co Wexford was residing in a room that was locked and was unable to let themselves out, an inspection by the well being and security watchdog has discovered.

The Well being Info and High quality Authority (Hiqa) on Monday revealed an inspection report into St John’s Group Hospital, primarily based in Enniscorthy, Wexford.

The unannounced inspection, in January, discovered the actions room in one of many wards was getting used as a bed room for a resident that had examined constructive for Covid-19.

“Entry to the room from the hall was via a coded lock. Whereas the room was not locked from the within, the door may solely be opened by turning the highest latch and backside latch concurrently,” the report discovered.

“The inspector noticed the resident making an attempt unsuccessfully to depart the room however they didn’t seem to have the ability to achieve this.”

There was one other door from the actions room which led on to a safe outside house.

“This door was locked with a key and a employees member confirmed to the inspector that this was in order that residents couldn’t entry the outside space independently. A second door resulting in the outside house from the adjoining sitting room was equally locked, which means that these residents didn’t have entry to outside house,” the report added.

The inspection report was one among 50 revealed by Hiqa on Monday. Of these, 13 centres have been discovered to be non-compliant with three laws or much less, and 11 centres have been non-compliant with 4 or extra laws.

On these inspections, non-compliance was recognized in areas together with: staffing, coaching and employees growth, data, governance and administration, notification of incidents, premises, meals and vitamin, an infection management, fireplace precautions, particular person evaluation and care plan, healthcare, and residents’ rights.

Within the Tara Winthrop Personal Clinic in Dublin, residents raised issues about staffing ranges, and reported being unable to entry help.

“Residents’ and guests reported that there was inadequate employees to help residents with having showers once they wished to bathe, leading to a few of them, at instances, going as much as two weeks with no bathe,” the report discovered.

“Nonetheless, resident’s have been supplied physique washes throughout this time which was not their most well-liked selection.”

Moreover, the inspector additionally heard issues about delays in employees answering name bells, with one resident saying that they don’t use the decision bell, that there was “no level”.

“A resident described having to telephone their relative to telephone the centre with a view to get help from employees at evening time as their name bell was not answered,” the report added.

Inspectors additionally highlighted issues round fireplace security. “Inappropriate storage of flamable supplies alongside flammable gadgets was recognized,” the report mentioned.