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 received 01 March 2024 within the footprint of the designated centre on the floor plan received on 25 October 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: 103.
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8 April 2024 · counts 20%1 not compliant · 13 of 20 compliant · 85
Fair Deal price is 12% above 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
St Joseph's Hospital is a large, purpose-built nursing home near Cork city with 103 residents. The building and rooms are clean, bright, and well-maintained, with many single rooms having en-suite facilities. Residents enjoy a variety of activities and have good access to healthcare and religious services. However, recent staffing reductions have led to delays in care, and residents sometimes have to wait for assistance. Management systems have not effectively addressed these issues, and residents were not always informed about staffing changes.
Long-term care
Respite
Convalescence
Palliative care
What inspectors liked
The premises are bright, clean, and well-maintained with comfortable communal areas and secure gardens.
Residents have access to a wide range of activities including music, bingo, dancing, and exercise, with activity coordinators available seven days a week.
Good access to healthcare services including regular GP visits and specialist support such as wound care and mental health services.
Religious services are held six days a week in a well-decorated chapel, which residents appreciate.
Staff interactions with residents were observed to be kind and respectful, and staff are committed to delivering good care.
What needed to improve
Recent reduction in healthcare assistant staffing has led to delays in answering call-bells and providing care, with residents sometimes waiting 15 to 40 minutes.
Inspection history
HIQA judges each regulation as Compliant Substantially compliant Not compliantRisk: Low Moderate High
31 March 2026
Unannounced inspection · published Jul 2026
5 compliant4 mostly3 not compliant
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Leadership and management
StaffingModerate risk · fix by 30 August 2026
Residents were not informed about staffing changes and felt their concerns about delays and care were not always addressed by management.
Supervision and monitoring of care delivery are inadequate, leading to inconsistent care and some staff unfamiliar with residents' preferences.
Records of some incidents and complaints were incomplete or not properly investigated, limiting learning and improvement.
Care plans sometimes lacked clear guidance, such as for moving and handling or choking risks, which could affect resident safety.
What residents said
“great place to live”
“very attentive”
“they take good care of us”
“many new faces coming and going”
Staffing
Staffing levels were reduced by the provider, especially healthcare assistants, leading to concerns about adequacy given residents' high dependency needs. Night staffing remained unchanged. Staff supervision was insufficient, and agency staff often lacked induction and knowledge of residents' preferences.
Activities
A wide variety of activities are offered daily including coffee mornings, Easter celebrations, dancing, music, bingo, board games, and exercise. Activity coordinators work seven days a week and residents enjoy both group and one-to-one activities.
Summarised by AI from the HIQA report of 31 March 2026. Check the report for the full picture.Source report (PDF)
Not compliant
Training and staff developmentModerate risk · fix by 30 June 2026Not compliant
RecordsLow risk · fix by 30 June 2026Mostly
Governance and managementModerate risk · fix by 30 June 2026Not compliant
Notification of incidentsCompliant
Complaints procedureLow risk · fix by 20 July 2026Mostly
Quality and safety of care
Individual assessment and care planLow risk · fix by 30 June 2026Mostly
Health careCompliant
ProtectionCompliant
Residents' rightsLow risk · fix by 30 June 2026Mostly
PremisesCompliant
Temporary absence or discharge of residentsCompliant
Unannounced restrictive practice thematic inspection · published Jan 2025
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