Standards

Our Commitment as agreed with the Health Information Quality Authority ( HIQA)

• Are committed to developing and improving the quality of life of residents
• Will preserve the autonomy of residents, allowing free expression of opinion and freedom of choice
• Will maintain a safe physical and emotional environment
• Will ensure the privacy, and respect the dignity, of residents
• Support and respect the rights of all persons employed in nursing homes and provide continuing professional development
• Will provide formal training to care staff to equip them with the skills and competencies to meet the needs of residents
• Please find attached our Information Booklet and Residents Charter

Each Resident in Cúil Dídin has the right to:

• Receive a contract outlining the rights and obligations of both the nursing home and the resident . This contract and the accompanying Residents Charter will be discussed on admission.
• Quality care which is appropriate to his or her needs.
• Participate in the formulation of his or her care plans and to be informed of all services that may be relevant to their needs regardless of their immediate availability.
• Full information about his or her own state of health and about available treatments.
• Maintain control over, and continue to make decisions about, the personal aspects of his or her daily life, financial affairs and possessions.
• Be consulted on, and to choose to have an input into, decisions about his or her living arrangements in the home.
• Exercise all of their civil and natural rights and to have access to services and activities which are generally available in the community.
• Personal privacy.
• Live without being obliged to feel grateful to those providing his or her care and accommodation.
• Live in a safe, secure and homelike environment, and to move freely both within and outside the nursing home without undue/unnecessary restrictions.
• Maintain his or her personal independence, which includes a recognition of personal.
• Responsibility for his or her own actions or choices, including those within which there is a degree of personal risk
• Take responsibility for their own personal affairs and to undertake daily living tasks of which they are capable
• Be treated with dignity and respect
• Be accepted as an individual and have his or her preferences taken into account
• Be addressed in a form he or she is happy with
• Select and maintain family, social and personal relationships with any other person, both within and outside the nursing home
• Freedom of speech
• Protection from harm and exploitation

Each resident in Cúil Dídin has the responsibility to:

• Respect the rights and needs of other people in the nursing home and to respect the needs of the nursing home community as a whole
• Respect the rights of staff and the proprietor to work in an environment which is free from harassment
• Care for his or her own health and well being in so far as he or she is capable Inform his or her General Practitioner, as far as he or she is able, about his or her medical history and his or her current state of health