by Dionne Meehan
AN agency occupational therapist has been sourced by the HSE for a facility in Stranorlar following an unsuccessful recruitment campaign.
The detail is contained in a report following an inspection of Edencrest and Cloghan Flat.
The designated centre was inspected by Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) over a two-day period on July 24 and 25 of this year.
Inspection findings were published in recent days.
Providing residential support to six residents, the centre comprises a detached bungalow, and a one-bedroom flat which is located on a small campus based setting and is within walking distance to a large town.
Eighteen regulations were inspected on the day of inspection. Fifteen regulations were deemed fully compliant, while three were found substantially compliant.
Provider of the facility, the HSE, has taken a number of actions to ensure all standards in the centre are compliant with regulations.
These include that training needs analysis for the centre has been reviewed.
All staff have been provided with their updated individual training needs analysis and have been advised of the date this should be completed by.
All risk assessments within the centre have been reviewed and a risk assessment in relation to staff’s capacity to respond to all residents’ needs during night time across Edencrest and Cloghan Flat has been completed.
A risk assessment was completed in August and escalated in relation to the deficit of an occupational therapist within Disability Services in the area.
The HSE’s Human Resources department has completed a recruitment campaign to try to fill the occupational therapist position but to date has been unsuccessful.
An agency occupational therapist has been sourced in the interim.
The HSE has said it will continue to work to ensure that a high quality service is maintained for the residents of Edencrest and Cloghan Designated Centre.
The inspection report states: “Residents spoke about their interests and their day-to-day lives. It was clear from talking with residents and reviewing documentation that residents were consulted about the centre and could make choices in their day-to-day lives.”
Each resident in the designated centre has their own bedroom. The bungalow has considerable collective space and spacious gardens to the rear and the front.
The flat provides self-contained accommodation with a bedroom, bathroom, kitchen and living room.
The centre is staffed on a 24/7 basis by a skill mix of nursing and care assistant staff.
Transport is provided to accommodate residents accessing community based facilities and activities.
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