Private

Acorn Lodge

Ballykelly, Cashel, E25 W528

Call 062 64 244

Fair Deal weekly price

€1,270

HSE list #230, 4 September 2026

Registered beds

HIQA maximum occupancy

Registered until

5 December 2026

Current registration since 6 December 2023

Fair Deal price

This is the most the home can charge a week for residents on the Fair Deal scheme. Under Fair Deal you pay up to 80% of your income and 7.5% of the value of your assets a year, and the State pays the rest. Homes may charge extra for things like activities, hairdressing or newspapers, so ask about these when you call.

List	Published	Weekly price
HSE Section 40 #230	4 September 2026	€1,270

Registration conditions

Read the conditions HIQA attached to this registration

Condition 1: Subject to any prohibitions or restrictions contained in any other condition(s), the designated centre shall be operated at all times in accordance with the Statement of Purpose within the footprint of the designated centre on the floor plan received on 31 July 2023. The registered provider shall only provide for the specific care and support needs, and services, within the facilities as set out the Statement of Purpose, as agreed with the Chief Inspector at the time of registration. Any changes to the specific care and support needs and services provided must be agreed in advance with the Chief Inspector. Condition 2: Only persons aged 18 years or older shall be accommodated at the designated centre at any time. Condition 3: The maximum number of persons that may be accommodated at the designated centre is: 50.

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St Teresa's Nursing Home
Private
Cashel, Co. Tipperary· 5.3 km away
Fair Deal weekly price
€1,280 / week
Inspection score
47
Beds
25 beds
Phone
062 61 477
Cashel Residential Older Persons Services
Public (HSE)
Cashel, Co. Tipperary· 5.7 km away

Inspection score

93/ 100

Strong inspection record

Improving

Ranked 6 of 28 scored homes in Co. Tipperary · 4 of 16 within 25 km

Leadership and management93

Quality and safety of care92

What went into the score

30 March 2026 · counts 50%14 of 15 compliant · 98
28 August 2024 · counts 30%11 of 14 compliant · 93
11 October 2023 · counts 20%1 not compliant · 5 of 8 compliant · 80

Fair Deal price is about the same as the Co. Tipperary median of €1,278 a week.

How we calculate this score

Every regulation HIQA judged on an inspection earns points: Compliant 100, Substantially compliant 65, Not compliant 25.
Where the compliance plan rates the risk of a failing regulation, orange (moderate risk) takes off 15 more points and red (high risk) takes off 40. Yellow (low risk) takes off nothing.
An inspection's score is the average over the regulations it looked at.
A home's score combines its last 3 inspections: the newest counts for 50%, the one before for 30% and the one before that for 20%. With fewer inspections the weights are scaled up to 100%.
The trend compares the newest inspection's score with the average of the earlier ones: 5 points or more higher is improving, 5 or more lower is declining, anything else is stable.
Homes are ranked by score within their county and among scored homes within 25 km. Homes with the same score share a rank.

Method v1. It uses only HIQA's published judgments, not our opinion, and is recalculated whenever a new report is published.

What the latest inspection found

Acorn Lodge is a well-managed, single-storey nursing home with 50 single en-suite bedrooms, providing care for residents with a range of needs including dementia and respite care. Residents and visitors spoke very positively about the staff, care, food, and activities. The home is clean, comfortable, and offers several communal spaces and secure gardens. Staff are well-trained and responsive, and the home has good systems to ensure safety and quality of care. Some minor wear and tear was noted in the building but did not affect residents' comfort or safety.

Long-term care
Respite
Convalescence
Dementia care
Palliative care
Mental health

What inspectors liked

Residents described staff as 'angels' and 'lovely' and felt safe and well cared for.
The home provides a variety of communal spaces including a drawing room with a piano and an oratory for quiet reflection.
Food is homemade with excellent quality and choice, including special diets, and mealtimes have a pleasant atmosphere.
There is a varied activities program including music, dog therapy, and mindfulness, with residents able to choose their level of participation.
Staff are well trained in key areas like safeguarding, fire safety, and infection control, with good oversight and ongoing audits to improve care quality.

Acorn Lodge

Fair Deal price

Registration conditions

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Fair Deal price

Registration conditions

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Inspection score

What went into the score

What the latest inspection found

What inspectors liked

Inspection history

Leadership and management

What needed to improve

What residents said

Quality and safety of care

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Leadership and management

Quality and safety of care

Leadership and management

Quality and safety of care