Private

St Elizabeth's Nursing Home

Kells Road, Athboy, C15EE63

Call 046 943 2457

Fair Deal weekly price

€1,282

HSE list #230, 4 September 2026

Registered beds

HIQA maximum occupancy

Registered until

15 April 2027

Current registration since 16 April 2024

Inspection score

82/ 100

Mostly compliant

Improving

Ranked 12 of 20 scored homes in Co. Meath · 8 of 10 within 25 km

Leadership and management88

Quality and safety of care79

What went into the score

30 October 2025 · counts 50%10 of 10 compliant · 100
13 February 2025 · counts 30%1 not compliant · 0 of 3 compliant · 47
12 June 2024 · counts 20%1 not compliant · 11 of 13 compliant · 90

Fair Deal price is 3% below the Co. Meath median of €1,319 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

St Elizabeth's Nursing Home is a well-run, clean, and homely place where residents feel cared for and comfortable. Residents praised the staff for being kind and attentive, and they enjoyed the food and activities offered. The home has made improvements to fire safety and maintains good infection control practices. There is a clear management structure and enough trained staff to meet residents' needs.

Long-term care
Respite
Convalescence
Intellectual disability
Dementia care
Palliative care

What inspectors liked

Staff are kind, caring, and attentive to residents' needs in a timely manner.
The environment is bright, clean, homely, and well maintained with personalised bedrooms.
A good range of activities is available seven days a week, including arts and crafts, bingo, exercise classes, and special events like Halloween preparations.
Meals are appetising, served hot, and residents have choice and alternatives; catering staff are praised by residents.
Fire safety measures have been improved and are well managed, with regular training and clear evacuation plans.

What residents said

“we got the best of everything”
“the staff were very good to us here, we are spoiled”
“the food is wonderful”

Staffing: There are adequate staffing resources with a good skill mix including nurses and healthcare support staff. Staff are trained, supervised, and knowledgeable about residents' needs, providing care in a kind and unrushed manner.
Activities: Residents have access to a variety of activities every day including arts and crafts, bingo, exercise classes, nail painting, and social events like visits from local schools and remembrance masses.
Food: Meals are served in the dining room or residents' rooms according to preference. Food is hot, appetising, and residents have choices including modified diets. Residents praised the food and catering staff.
Dementia: Care is provided for residents with dementia as part of the service, but no dedicated or secure dementia unit is described.

Summarised by AI from the HIQA report of 30 October 2025. 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

30 October 2025
Unannounced inspection · published Jan 2026
10 compliant
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Leadership and management
Written policies and proceduresCompliant
StaffingCompliant
Training and staff developmentCompliant
Directory of residentsCompliant
Governance and managementCompliant
Quality and safety of care
PremisesCompliant
Food and nutritionCompliant
Infection controlCompliant
Fire precautionsCompliant
Medicines and pharmaceutical servicesCompliant
Read the full HIQA report (PDF)
13 February 2025
Unannounced inspection · published Jun 2025
2 mostly1 not compliant
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Leadership and management
Governance and managementLow risk · fix by 18 April 2025Mostly
Quality and safety of care
PremisesLow risk · fix by 18 April 2025Mostly
Fire precautionsModerate risk · fix by 31 July 2025Not compliant
Read the full HIQA report (PDF)
12 June 2024
Unannounced inspection · published Oct 2024
11 compliant1 mostly1 not compliant
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Leadership and management
Persons in chargeCompliant
Governance and managementLow risk · fix by 24 July 2024Mostly
Contract for the provision of servicesCompliant
VolunteersCompliant
Notification of incidentsCompliant
Complaints procedureCompliant
Quality and safety of care
Individual assessment and care planCompliant
ProtectionCompliant
Residents' rightsCompliant
Communication difficultiesCompliant
PremisesCompliant
Information for residentsCompliant
Fire precautionsModerate risk · fix by 24 July 2024Not compliant
Read the full HIQA report (PDF)
10 January 2024
Unannounced restrictive practice thematic inspection · published Feb 2024
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	€1,282

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 21/11/2023. 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: 36.

Other homes nearby

Worth phoning too if this home has no bed available.

St Joseph's Community Nursing Unit
Public (HSE)
Trim, Co. Meath· 11 km away
Fair Deal weekly price
€2,353 / week
Inspection score
99
Beds
50 beds
Phone
046 948 4300
CareChoice Trim
Private
Trim, Co. Meath· 11 km away
Fair Deal weekly price
€1,369 / week
Inspection score
92
Beds
174 beds
Phone
046 948 2700
St Colmcille's Nursing Home
Private
Kells, Co. Meath· 12 km away
Fair Deal weekly price
€1,332 / week
Inspection score
93
Beds
42 beds
Phone
046 924 9733
Millbury Nursing Home
Private
Navan, Co. Meath· 14 km away
Fair Deal weekly price
€1,324 / week
Inspection score
98
Beds
101 beds
Phone
046 903 6400
Beaufort House
Public (HSE)
Navan, Co. Meath· 14 km away
Fair Deal weekly price
€1,968 / week
Inspection score
98
Beds
44 beds
Phone
046 909 9101
Woodlands House Nursing Home
Private
Navan, Co. Meath· 15 km away
Fair Deal weekly price
€1,321 / week
Inspection score
65
Beds
36 beds
Phone
046 902 8617

Inspection score

82/ 100

Mostly compliant

Improving

Ranked 12 of 20 scored homes in Co. Meath · 8 of 10 within 25 km

Leadership and management88

Quality and safety of care79

What went into the score

30 October 2025 · counts 50%10 of 10 compliant · 100
13 February 2025 · counts 30%1 not compliant · 0 of 3 compliant · 47
12 June 2024 · counts 20%1 not compliant · 11 of 13 compliant · 90

Fair Deal price is 3% below the Co. Meath median of €1,319 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
Respite
Convalescence
Intellectual disability
Dementia care
Palliative care

What inspectors liked

Staff are kind, caring, and attentive to residents' needs in a timely manner.
The environment is bright, clean, homely, and well maintained with personalised bedrooms.
A good range of activities is available seven days a week, including arts and crafts, bingo, exercise classes, and special events like Halloween preparations.
Meals are appetising, served hot, and residents have choice and alternatives; catering staff are praised by residents.
Fire safety measures have been improved and are well managed, with regular training and clear evacuation plans.

What residents said

“we got the best of everything”
“the staff were very good to us here, we are spoiled”
“the food is wonderful”

Staffing: There are adequate staffing resources with a good skill mix including nurses and healthcare support staff. Staff are trained, supervised, and knowledgeable about residents' needs, providing care in a kind and unrushed manner.
Activities: Residents have access to a variety of activities every day including arts and crafts, bingo, exercise classes, nail painting, and social events like visits from local schools and remembrance masses.
Food: Meals are served in the dining room or residents' rooms according to preference. Food is hot, appetising, and residents have choices including modified diets. Residents praised the food and catering staff.
Dementia: Care is provided for residents with dementia as part of the service, but no dedicated or secure dementia unit is described.

Summarised by AI from the HIQA report of 30 October 2025. 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

30 October 2025
Unannounced inspection · published Jan 2026
10 compliant
ShowHide
Leadership and management
Written policies and proceduresCompliant
StaffingCompliant
Training and staff developmentCompliant
Directory of residentsCompliant
Governance and managementCompliant
Quality and safety of care
PremisesCompliant
Food and nutritionCompliant
Infection controlCompliant
Fire precautionsCompliant
Medicines and pharmaceutical servicesCompliant
Read the full HIQA report (PDF)
13 February 2025
Unannounced inspection · published Jun 2025
2 mostly1 not compliant
ShowHide
Leadership and management
Governance and managementLow risk · fix by 18 April 2025Mostly
Quality and safety of care
PremisesLow risk · fix by 18 April 2025Mostly
Fire precautionsModerate risk · fix by 31 July 2025Not compliant
Read the full HIQA report (PDF)
12 June 2024
Unannounced inspection · published Oct 2024
11 compliant1 mostly1 not compliant
ShowHide
Leadership and management
Persons in chargeCompliant
Governance and managementLow risk · fix by 24 July 2024Mostly
Contract for the provision of servicesCompliant
VolunteersCompliant
Notification of incidentsCompliant
Complaints procedureCompliant
Quality and safety of care
Individual assessment and care planCompliant
ProtectionCompliant
Residents' rightsCompliant
Communication difficultiesCompliant
PremisesCompliant
Information for residentsCompliant
Fire precautionsModerate risk · fix by 24 July 2024Not compliant
Read the full HIQA report (PDF)
10 January 2024
Unannounced restrictive practice thematic inspection · published Feb 2024
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	€1,282

Registration conditions

Read the conditions HIQA attached to this registration

Other homes nearby

Worth phoning too if this home has no bed available.

St Joseph's Community Nursing Unit

Public (HSE)

Trim, Co. Meath· 11 km away

Fair Deal weekly price: €2,353 / week
Inspection score: 99
Beds: 50 beds
Phone: 046 948 4300

CareChoice Trim

Private

Trim, Co. Meath· 11 km away

Fair Deal weekly price: €1,369 / week
Inspection score: 92
Beds: 174 beds
Phone: 046 948 2700

St Colmcille's Nursing Home

Private

Kells, Co. Meath· 12 km away

Fair Deal weekly price: €1,332 / week
Inspection score: 93
Beds: 42 beds
Phone: 046 924 9733

Millbury Nursing Home

Private

Navan, Co. Meath· 14 km away

Fair Deal weekly price: €1,324 / week
Inspection score: 98
Beds: 101 beds
Phone: 046 903 6400

Beaufort House

Public (HSE)

Navan, Co. Meath· 14 km away

Fair Deal weekly price: €1,968 / week
Inspection score: 98
Beds: 44 beds
Phone: 046 909 9101

Woodlands House Nursing Home

Private

Navan, Co. Meath· 15 km away

Fair Deal weekly price: €1,321 / week
Inspection score: 65
Beds: 36 beds
Phone: 046 902 8617

Inspection score

What went into the score

What the latest inspection found

What inspectors liked

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

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 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

Thematic inspection

Fair Deal price

Registration conditions

Other homes nearby