Private

Sugarloaf Care Centre

Kilmacanogue South, Kilmacanogue, A98 C2CO

Call 01 221 0650

Fair Deal weekly price

€1,326

HSE list #230, 4 September 2026

Registered beds

119

HIQA maximum occupancy

Registered until

10 July 2027

Current registration since 11 July 2024

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	€1,326

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 21/06/2024. 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: 119.

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€1,295 / week
Inspection score
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Phone
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Eyrefield Manor Nursing Home
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Greystones, Co. Wicklow· 4.2 km away

Inspection score

74/ 100

Mostly compliant

Improving

Ranked 14 of 19 scored homes in Co. Wicklow · 45 of 64 within 25 km

Leadership and management70

Quality and safety of care75

What went into the score

4 March 2026 · counts 50%1 not compliant · 9 of 15 compliant · 82
22 July 2025 · counts 30%4 not compliant · 6 of 13 compliant · 64
10 October 2024 · counts 20%3 not compliant · 7 of 16 compliant · 70

Fair Deal price is about the same as the Co. Wicklow median of €1,339 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

Sugarloaf Care Centre is a large, purpose-built nursing home with mostly single en-suite rooms, providing care for 113 residents. The centre is clean, well-maintained, and offers a variety of communal spaces. Staff are kind and respectful, but there are concerns about staffing shortages affecting timely responses to call bells and the availability of activities on some floors. Laundry services have been a source of complaints, and some infection control practices need improvement. Residents generally like their bedrooms and the food, though noise during meals can be disruptive.

Long-term care

What inspectors liked

The centre is clean, well-maintained, and designed to meet residents' needs with mostly single en-suite rooms.
Staff treat residents with kindness and respect, promoting privacy and dignity.
There are a variety of comfortable communal spaces and activities, especially on the first floor.
Good access to healthcare professionals including GPs, physiotherapists, and dietitians.
Effective complaints procedure with timely responses and resident involvement.

What needed to improve

Staffing shortages and unfilled vacancies lead to delays in responding to call bells and reduced capacity to meet residents' needs.
Laundry service issues with missing clothing and unlabelled items causing dissatisfaction among residents and relatives.
Inconsistent provision of meaningful activities on lower floors compared to the first floor.

Sugarloaf 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

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