Private

Kilbarry Care Centre

Carrigea Crescent, Kilbarry, X91 HDA2

Call 051 364 091

Fair Deal weekly price

€1,270

HSE list #230, 4 September 2026

Registered beds

HIQA maximum occupancy

Registered until

21 September 2029

Current registration since 22 September 2026

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 (version 9) within the footprint of the designated centre on the floor plan received on 18 March 2026. 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: 90.

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Holy Ghost Residential Home
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Waterford, Co. Waterford· 2.7 km away
Fair Deal weekly price
Price not published
Inspection score
90
Beds
60 beds
Phone
051 374 397
Waterford Residential Care Centre
Public (HSE)
Waterford, Co. Waterford· 3.3 km away

Inspection score

86/ 100

Strong inspection record

Improving

Ranked 6 of 12 scored homes in Co. Waterford · 8 of 15 within 25 km

Leadership and management90

Quality and safety of care84

What went into the score

27 January 2026 · counts 50%9 of 11 compliant · 94
9 July 2025 · counts 30%7 of 10 compliant · 90
28 January 2025 · counts 20%5 not compliant · 7 of 17 compliant · 63

Fair Deal price is about the same as the Co. Waterford median of €1,280 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

Kilbarry Care Centre is a well-managed nursing home with 86 residents, including those with dementia. Residents and visitors spoke positively about the care, food, and activities. The home is clean, spacious, and has many single bedrooms with en-suite facilities. Staff know residents well and support their dignity and independence. Infection control practices are generally good, though some improvements are needed, especially around hand hygiene and communication of infection information during hospital transfers.

Long-term care
Respite
Convalescence
Dementia care
Palliative care

What inspectors liked

Residents expressed satisfaction with care and hygiene standards.
Home cooked food and flexible mealtimes support resident choice.
Wide range of activities including a knitting club, with residents enjoying social interaction.
Dedicated Memory Care Centre for residents with dementia and cognitive impairment.
Effective management and governance with clear infection control oversight and training.

What needed to improve

Communication of microbiology results to nursing staff is indirect, risking delays and incomplete records.
Staff uncertainty about when to start isolation precautions for suspected scabies cases.

Kilbarry Care Centre

Fair Deal price

Registration conditions

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Quality and safety of care

Leadership and management

Quality and safety of care

Leadership and management

Quality and safety of care

Leadership and management

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