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.
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 20/09/23. 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: 26.
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Ranked 48 of 69 scored homes in Co. Cork · 22 of 32 within 25 km
Leadership and management84
Quality and safety of care78
What went into the score
1 July 2026 · counts 50%1 not compliant · 8 of 16 compliant · 79
20 August 2025 · counts 30%2 not compliant · 9 of 15 compliant · 79
22 July 2024 · counts 20%1 not compliant · 14 of 21 compliant · 86
Fair Deal price is about the same as the Co. Cork median of €1,305 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
Mount Cara Nursing Home is a single-story facility in Cork with 26 residents, offering single bedrooms without en-suite facilities. Residents generally felt comfortable and described staff as very kind. The home provides good nursing and health care, with access to various health services and a range of activities, though some residents wanted more choice and group activities. Some issues were noted with complaints handling, call bell placement, infection control, and premises maintenance.
Respite
Convalescence
Long-term care
What inspectors liked
Residents described staff as very kind and the home as a nice place to live.
Good access to medical and allied health services for residents.
Staff had appropriate training including safeguarding and CPR.
Residents had access to religious services and advocacy support.
Quality of food was praised as very tasty with menu choices available.
What needed to improve
Complaints were not always managed properly, with some concerns not treated as formal complaints or safeguarding issues.
Call bells were not always placed within reach of residents needing assistance.
Some areas of the premises showed wear and tear and were not always clean, especially bathing facilities.
Fire evacuation maps were incorrect and fire procedures not fully up to date.
Inspection history
HIQA judges each regulation as Compliant Substantially compliant Not compliantRisk: Low Moderate High
1 July 2026
Unannounced inspection · published Oct 2026
8 compliant7 mostly1 not compliant
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Leadership and management
StaffingCompliant
Activities did not always follow the schedule and lacked group engagement, limiting social opportunities for residents.
What residents said
“It is a nice place to live”
“Staff were described as very kind”
“Meals were very tasty”
“There was prompt communication from the care team, which was a great comfort”
Staffing
Staffing levels and skill mix were appropriate for the 26 residents, with one registered nurse on duty at all times. Staff had access to varied training relevant to their roles.
Activities
An activities coordinator provided mostly one-to-one sessions; group activities were lacking and residents expressed a desire for more choice and social engagement, especially on weekends.
Food
Residents praised the food quality as very tasty with menu choices displayed and available at mealtimes.
Summarised by AI from the HIQA report of 1 July 2026. Check the report for the full picture.Source report (PDF)
Training and staff development
Compliant
RecordsCompliant
InsuranceCompliant
Governance and managementLow risk · fix by 18 August 2026Mostly
Contract for the provision of servicesCompliant
Notification of incidentsModerate risk · fix by 18 August 2026Not compliant
Complaints procedureLow risk · fix by 18 August 2026Mostly
Quality and safety of care
Individual assessment and care planLow risk · fix by 18 August 2026Mostly
Health careCompliant
Managing behaviour that is challengingCompliant
Residents' rightsLow risk · fix by 18 August 2026Mostly
PremisesLow risk · fix by 15 October 2026Mostly
Information for residentsCompliant
Infection controlLow risk · fix by 15 October 2026Mostly
Fire precautionsLow risk · fix by 18 August 2026Mostly