The health watchdog has found a south Donegal centre for both mild and moderate intellectual disabilities to be fully compliant.
Tus Nua in Donegal Town is a new centre which provides full-time residential care to three residents and part-time care to one resident.
The unannounced inspection took place in January with the details published today.
The centre is a newly constructed bungalow in a housing estate located on the edge of Donegal town.
This was an unannounced inspection of this centre that was completed over one day.
The inspection forms part of the routine monitoring activities completed during the registration cycle of a designated centre.
The inspector met with three of the four residents on the day of inspection. Each resident spoke with the inspector individually. All three said that they were happy in their home and that they felt safe. Some residents discussed incidents that had happened recently that had upset them. They said that they told the staff about the incidents and that the staff had listened to them and dealt with the incidents.
From the inspector’s observations and conversations with residents and staff, it was clear that residents’ had a good quality of life in this centre and were supported to be active participants in the running of the centre and in their local community. The centre was said to be warm, bright and homely.
You can read the full report here: https://www.hiqa.ie/system/files?file=inspectionreports/8146-tus-nua-11-january-2024.pdf
