Private

Ashley Lodge Nursing Home

Tully East, Kildare, R51 VW22

Call 045 521 300

Fair Deal weekly price

€1,315

HSE list #230, 4 September 2026

Registered beds

HIQA maximum occupancy

Registered until

6 November 2027

Current registration since 7 November 2024

Inspection score

87/ 100

Strong inspection record

Steady

Ranked 14 of 22 scored homes in Co. Kildare · 10 of 17 within 25 km

Leadership and management87

Quality and safety of care87

What went into the score

29 May 2026 · counts 50%5 of 8 compliant · 87
20 November 2025 · counts 30%9 of 11 compliant · 94
16 July 2025 · counts 20%1 not compliant · 5 of 10 compliant · 77

Fair Deal price is 3% below the Co. Kildare median of €1,350 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

Ashley Lodge Nursing Home is a clean, well-maintained single-storey centre with mostly single rooms and some twin rooms, many with en suite facilities. Residents generally spoke positively about the care and staff, describing them as fantastic and respectful. There are good communal areas and a variety of social activities, including weekly outings and religious services. However, some improvements are needed in management oversight, safeguarding investigations, and ensuring residents who prefer to stay in their rooms receive appropriate activities.

Long-term care
short_term

What inspectors liked

Staff are described as fantastic and provide person-centred, respectful care.
The centre is clean, tidy, well-maintained, and homely with personalised bedrooms.
There are multiple communal lounges and a secure courtyard for residents to enjoy.
Residents have access to a variety of social activities, including weekly outings and religious services.
Staff are trained in safeguarding and responsive behaviours and understand their roles well.

What needed to improve

Oversight of safeguarding investigations needs improvement to ensure thorough and documented investigations.
Some care plans require updating to accurately reflect residents' needs and care provided.
Residents who prefer to stay in their bedrooms do not always have evidence of one-to-one activities in their care notes.
Internal audits did not identify some care planning issues, indicating gaps in quality monitoring.
Checks required for some residents (e.g., 15-minute checks) were not consistently carried out, posing safety risks.

What residents said

“staff here are fantastic, nothing is ever a bother”
“Residents spoke about their weekly trips out to places such as cafes and gardens which they told the inspector they enjoyed and that they were looking forward to an upcoming trip to Knock”
“One resident told the inspector that the food could be improved to suit their tastes”

Staffing: Staffing levels on the day of inspection were sufficient to meet residents' assessed needs. The person in charge and clinical nurse manager oversee care delivery. Staff are up-to-date with mandatory training including safeguarding and responsive behaviours.
Activities: There are many in-house social activities, weekly outings to cafes and gardens, and religious services including live broadcast Mass and biweekly priest visits. Some residents prefer to stay in their rooms reading or using devices. A residents' ambassador promotes human rights.
Food: Meals are served in a large bright dining room. One resident mentioned the food could be improved to better suit their tastes.
Dementia: Staff had training in managing responsive behaviours related to dementia or other conditions. Residents with such behaviours had appropriate assessments and care plans.

Summarised by AI from the HIQA report of 29 May 2026. Check the report for the full picture.Source report (PDF)

Inspection history

HIQA judges each regulation as Compliant Substantially compliant Not compliantRisk: Low Moderate High

29 May 2026
Unannounced inspection · published Aug 2026
5 compliant3 mostly
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Leadership and management
StaffingCompliant
Training and staff developmentCompliant
Governance and managementLow risk · fix by 31 August 2026Mostly
Quality and safety of care
Individual assessment and care planLow risk · fix by 27 July 2026Mostly
Managing behaviour that is challengingCompliant
ProtectionCompliant
Residents' rightsLow risk · fix by 30 July 2026Mostly
Communication difficultiesCompliant
Read the full HIQA report (PDF)
20 November 2025
Unannounced inspection · published Jul 2026
9 compliant2 mostly
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Leadership and management
Written policies and proceduresCompliant
StaffingCompliant
RecordsCompliant
Governance and managementLow risk · fix by 13 February 2026Mostly
Notification of incidentsCompliant
Quality and safety of care
Individual assessment and care planLow risk · fix by 13 February 2026Mostly
Managing behaviour that is challengingCompliant
ProtectionCompliant
Residents' rightsCompliant
Food and nutritionCompliant
Infection controlCompliant
Read the full HIQA report (PDF)
16 July 2025
Unannounced inspection · published Jul 2026
5 compliant4 mostly1 not compliant
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Leadership and management
StaffingCompliant
Training and staff developmentCompliant
RecordsLow risk · fix by 30 September 2025Mostly
Governance and managementModerate risk · fix by 30 September 2025Not compliant
Complaints procedureCompliant
Quality and safety of care
Individual assessment and care planCompliant
Health careCompliant
ProtectionLow risk · fix by 30 September 2025Mostly
Residents' rightsLow risk · fix by 30 September 2025Mostly
Food and nutritionLow risk · fix by 30 September 2025Mostly
Read the full HIQA report (PDF)
9 April 2025
Unannounced inspection · published Jul 2025
8 compliant4 mostly
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Leadership and management
Statement of purposeCompliant
Training and staff developmentCompliant
RecordsCompliant
InsuranceCompliant
Governance and managementLow risk · fix by 4 June 2025Mostly
Contract for the provision of servicesLow risk · fix by 4 June 2025Mostly
Quality and safety of care
Health careCompliant
ProtectionCompliant
Personal possessionsCompliant
PremisesLow risk · fix by 30 December 2025Mostly
Food and nutritionCompliant
Fire precautionsLow risk · fix by 30 December 2025Mostly
Read the full HIQA report (PDF)
1 August 2024
Unannounced inspection · published Nov 2024
3 not compliant
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Leadership and management
Governance and managementModerate risk · fix by 30 June 2025Not compliant
Quality and safety of care
PremisesModerate risk · fix by 31 March 2025Not compliant
Fire precautionsModerate risk · fix by 31 January 2025Not compliant
Read the full HIQA report (PDF)
21 March 2024
Unannounced inspection · published Jul 2024
10 compliant1 mostly3 not compliant
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Leadership and management
Statement of purposeLow risk · fix by 5 May 2024Mostly
Written policies and proceduresCompliant
Persons in chargeCompliant
Directory of residentsCompliant
RecordsCompliant
InsuranceCompliant
Governance and managementModerate risk · fix by 30 April 2024Not compliant
Notification of incidentsCompliant
Quality and safety of care
ProtectionCompliant
Personal possessionsCompliant
PremisesModerate risk · fix by 5 May 2024Not compliant
Food and nutritionCompliant
Fire precautionsModerate risk · fix by 30 April 2024Not compliant
Medicines and pharmaceutical servicesCompliant
Read the full HIQA report (PDF)
24 August 2023
Unannounced restrictive practice thematic inspection · published Oct 2023
1 compliant
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A focused inspection of restrictive practices, such as bedrails, locked doors and sensor alarms, judged against HIQA's National Standards rather than the regulations. It isn't counted in the score.
Thematic inspection
Restrictive practices (overall judgment against the National Standards)Compliant
Read the full HIQA report (PDF)

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	€1,315

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 07 April 2025. 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: 55.

Other homes nearby

Worth phoning too if this home has no bed available.

Lourdesville Nursing Home
Private
Kildare, Co. Kildare· 1.2 km away
Fair Deal weekly price
€1,326 / week
Inspection score
64
Beds
42 beds
Phone
045 521 496
Suncroft Lodge Nursing Home
Private
The Curragh, Co. Kildare· 4.2 km away
Fair Deal weekly price
€1,325 / week
Inspection score
94
Beds
60 beds
Phone
045 442 951
Beech Park Nursing Home
Private
Kildare, Co. Kildare· 5.1 km away
Fair Deal weekly price
€1,275 / week
Inspection score
82
Beds
47 beds
Phone
045 534 000
Oghill Nursing Home
Private
Monasterevin, Co. Kildare· 6.6 km away
Fair Deal weekly price
€1,350 / week
Inspection score
90
Beds
34 beds
Phone
045 523 513
Curragh Lawn Nursing Home
Private
Curragh, Co. Kildare· 8.2 km away
Fair Deal weekly price
€1,388 / week
Inspection score
98
Beds
39 beds
Phone
045 481 880
Willowbrook Nursing Home
Private
Droichead Nua, Co. Kildare· 12 km away
Fair Deal weekly price
€1,307 / week
Inspection score
88
Beds
47 beds
Phone
045 431 436 / 431 959 / 449 728

Inspection score

87/ 100

Strong inspection record

Steady

Ranked 14 of 22 scored homes in Co. Kildare · 10 of 17 within 25 km

Leadership and management87

Quality and safety of care87

What went into the score

29 May 2026 · counts 50%5 of 8 compliant · 87
20 November 2025 · counts 30%9 of 11 compliant · 94
16 July 2025 · counts 20%1 not compliant · 5 of 10 compliant · 77

Fair Deal price is 3% below the Co. Kildare median of €1,350 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

Long-term care
short_term

What inspectors liked

Staff are described as fantastic and provide person-centred, respectful care.
The centre is clean, tidy, well-maintained, and homely with personalised bedrooms.
There are multiple communal lounges and a secure courtyard for residents to enjoy.
Residents have access to a variety of social activities, including weekly outings and religious services.
Staff are trained in safeguarding and responsive behaviours and understand their roles well.

What needed to improve

Oversight of safeguarding investigations needs improvement to ensure thorough and documented investigations.
Some care plans require updating to accurately reflect residents' needs and care provided.
Residents who prefer to stay in their bedrooms do not always have evidence of one-to-one activities in their care notes.
Internal audits did not identify some care planning issues, indicating gaps in quality monitoring.
Checks required for some residents (e.g., 15-minute checks) were not consistently carried out, posing safety risks.

What residents said

“staff here are fantastic, nothing is ever a bother”
“Residents spoke about their weekly trips out to places such as cafes and gardens which they told the inspector they enjoyed and that they were looking forward to an upcoming trip to Knock”
“One resident told the inspector that the food could be improved to suit their tastes”

Staffing: Staffing levels on the day of inspection were sufficient to meet residents' assessed needs. The person in charge and clinical nurse manager oversee care delivery. Staff are up-to-date with mandatory training including safeguarding and responsive behaviours.
Activities: There are many in-house social activities, weekly outings to cafes and gardens, and religious services including live broadcast Mass and biweekly priest visits. Some residents prefer to stay in their rooms reading or using devices. A residents' ambassador promotes human rights.
Food: Meals are served in a large bright dining room. One resident mentioned the food could be improved to better suit their tastes.
Dementia: Staff had training in managing responsive behaviours related to dementia or other conditions. Residents with such behaviours had appropriate assessments and care plans.

Summarised by AI from the HIQA report of 29 May 2026. Check the report for the full picture.Source report (PDF)

Inspection history

HIQA judges each regulation as Compliant Substantially compliant Not compliantRisk: Low Moderate High

29 May 2026
Unannounced inspection · published Aug 2026
5 compliant3 mostly
ShowHide
Leadership and management
StaffingCompliant
Training and staff developmentCompliant
Governance and managementLow risk · fix by 31 August 2026Mostly
Quality and safety of care
Individual assessment and care planLow risk · fix by 27 July 2026Mostly
Managing behaviour that is challengingCompliant
ProtectionCompliant
Residents' rightsLow risk · fix by 30 July 2026Mostly
Communication difficultiesCompliant
Read the full HIQA report (PDF)
20 November 2025
Unannounced inspection · published Jul 2026
9 compliant2 mostly
ShowHide
Leadership and management
Written policies and proceduresCompliant
StaffingCompliant
RecordsCompliant
Governance and managementLow risk · fix by 13 February 2026Mostly
Notification of incidentsCompliant
Quality and safety of care
Individual assessment and care planLow risk · fix by 13 February 2026Mostly
Managing behaviour that is challengingCompliant
ProtectionCompliant
Residents' rightsCompliant
Food and nutritionCompliant
Infection controlCompliant
Read the full HIQA report (PDF)
16 July 2025
Unannounced inspection · published Jul 2026
5 compliant4 mostly1 not compliant
ShowHide
Leadership and management
StaffingCompliant
Training and staff developmentCompliant
RecordsLow risk · fix by 30 September 2025Mostly
Governance and managementModerate risk · fix by 30 September 2025Not compliant
Complaints procedureCompliant
Quality and safety of care
Individual assessment and care planCompliant
Health careCompliant
ProtectionLow risk · fix by 30 September 2025Mostly
Residents' rightsLow risk · fix by 30 September 2025Mostly
Food and nutritionLow risk · fix by 30 September 2025Mostly
Read the full HIQA report (PDF)
9 April 2025
Unannounced inspection · published Jul 2025
8 compliant4 mostly
ShowHide
Leadership and management
Statement of purposeCompliant
Training and staff developmentCompliant
RecordsCompliant
InsuranceCompliant
Governance and managementLow risk · fix by 4 June 2025Mostly
Contract for the provision of servicesLow risk · fix by 4 June 2025Mostly
Quality and safety of care
Health careCompliant
ProtectionCompliant
Personal possessionsCompliant
PremisesLow risk · fix by 30 December 2025Mostly
Food and nutritionCompliant
Fire precautionsLow risk · fix by 30 December 2025Mostly
Read the full HIQA report (PDF)
1 August 2024
Unannounced inspection · published Nov 2024
3 not compliant
ShowHide
Leadership and management
Governance and managementModerate risk · fix by 30 June 2025Not compliant
Quality and safety of care
PremisesModerate risk · fix by 31 March 2025Not compliant
Fire precautionsModerate risk · fix by 31 January 2025Not compliant
Read the full HIQA report (PDF)
21 March 2024
Unannounced inspection · published Jul 2024
10 compliant1 mostly3 not compliant
ShowHide
Leadership and management
Statement of purposeLow risk · fix by 5 May 2024Mostly
Written policies and proceduresCompliant
Persons in chargeCompliant
Directory of residentsCompliant
RecordsCompliant
InsuranceCompliant
Governance and managementModerate risk · fix by 30 April 2024Not compliant
Notification of incidentsCompliant
Quality and safety of care
ProtectionCompliant
Personal possessionsCompliant
PremisesModerate risk · fix by 5 May 2024Not compliant
Food and nutritionCompliant
Fire precautionsModerate risk · fix by 30 April 2024Not compliant
Medicines and pharmaceutical servicesCompliant
Read the full HIQA report (PDF)
24 August 2023
Unannounced restrictive practice thematic inspection · published Oct 2023
1 compliant
ShowHide
A focused inspection of restrictive practices, such as bedrails, locked doors and sensor alarms, judged against HIQA's National Standards rather than the regulations. It isn't counted in the score.
Thematic inspection
Restrictive practices (overall judgment against the National Standards)Compliant
Read the full HIQA report (PDF)

Fair Deal price

List	Published	Weekly price
HSE Section 40 #230	4 September 2026	€1,315

Registration conditions

Read the conditions HIQA attached to this registration

Other homes nearby

Worth phoning too if this home has no bed available.

Lourdesville Nursing Home

Private

Kildare, Co. Kildare· 1.2 km away

Fair Deal weekly price: €1,326 / week
Inspection score: 64
Beds: 42 beds
Phone: 045 521 496

Suncroft Lodge Nursing Home

Private

The Curragh, Co. Kildare· 4.2 km away

Fair Deal weekly price: €1,325 / week
Inspection score: 94
Beds: 60 beds
Phone: 045 442 951

Beech Park Nursing Home

Private

Kildare, Co. Kildare· 5.1 km away

Fair Deal weekly price: €1,275 / week
Inspection score: 82
Beds: 47 beds
Phone: 045 534 000

Oghill Nursing Home

Private

Monasterevin, Co. Kildare· 6.6 km away

Fair Deal weekly price: €1,350 / week
Inspection score: 90
Beds: 34 beds
Phone: 045 523 513

Curragh Lawn Nursing Home

Private

Curragh, Co. Kildare· 8.2 km away

Fair Deal weekly price: €1,388 / week
Inspection score: 98
Beds: 39 beds
Phone: 045 481 880

Willowbrook Nursing Home

Private

Droichead Nua, Co. Kildare· 12 km away

Fair Deal weekly price: €1,307 / week
Inspection score: 88
Beds: 47 beds
Phone: 045 431 436 / 431 959 / 449 728

Inspection score

What went into the score

What the latest inspection found

What inspectors liked

What needed to improve

What residents said

Inspection history

Leadership and management

Quality and safety of care

Leadership and management

Quality and safety of care

Leadership and management

Quality and safety of care

Leadership and management

Quality and safety of care

Leadership and management

Quality and safety of care

Leadership and management

Quality and safety of care

Thematic inspection

Fair Deal price

Registration conditions

Other homes nearby

Inspection score

What went into the score

What the latest inspection found

What inspectors liked

What needed to improve

What residents said

Inspection history

Leadership and management

Quality and safety of care

Leadership and management

Quality and safety of care

Leadership and management

Quality and safety of care

Leadership and management

Quality and safety of care

Leadership and management

Quality and safety of care

Leadership and management

Quality and safety of care

Thematic inspection

Fair Deal price

Registration conditions

Other homes nearby