Public (HSE)

Unit 1 St Stephen's Hospital

St Stephens Hospital, Sarsfield Court, Glanmire, T45VK40

Call 021 486 6872

Fair Deal weekly price

Not published

This home isn't on the current HSE price lists

Registered beds

HIQA maximum occupancy

Registered until

24 June 2027

Current registration since 25 June 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.

This home doesn't appear on the current HSE price lists. It may not take Fair Deal residents. Phone the home to ask.

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 05 January 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: 16.

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Glyntown Care Centre
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Fair Deal weekly price
€1,290 / week
Inspection score
77
Beds
38 beds
Phone
021 482 1500
CareChoice Ballynoe
Private
Whites Cross, Co. Cork· 3.8 km away

Inspection score

53/ 100

Serious or repeated problems

Getting worse

Ranked 69 of 69 scored homes in Co. Cork · 33 of 33 within 25 km

Leadership and management45

Quality and safety of care59

What went into the score

29 May 2026 · counts 50%7 not compliant · 1 of 12 compliant · 36
30 September 2025 · counts 30%1 not compliant · 4 of 10 compliant · 74
16 April 2025 · counts 20%4 not compliant · 1 high risk · 6 of 14 compliant · 64

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

Unit 1 St Stephen's Hospital is a dementia-specific unit with mostly three-bedded rooms and one single room used for end-of-life or isolation. The home provides 24-hour nursing care but has challenges with staffing, including heavy reliance on agency staff. Food is prepared off-site, frozen, and reheated, which affects quality and choice. Residents receive good medical care but have limited social activities and privacy concerns due to shared bathrooms and institutional environment. Governance and management issues have impacted the quality and safety of care.

Long-term care
Palliative care
Dementia care

What inspectors liked

Residents have access to timely medical and allied health professional care including speech and language therapy and dietitian services.
Staff were observed to be kind and compassionate towards residents.
Complaints were well documented and investigated according to policy.
Mandatory staff training was up to date including fire safety and safeguarding.
Residents had access to an enclosed garden with panoramic views.

What needed to improve

Heavy reliance on agency staff leading to inconsistent care and lack of staff familiar with residents' needs.
Food served was unappetising, especially modified diets, with limited fresh food and snacks available.
Residents' privacy and dignity were compromised by shared bathrooms without locks and removal of personal storage furniture.

Unit 1 St Stephen's Hospital

Fair Deal price

Registration conditions

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Unit 1 St Stephen's Hospital

Fair Deal price

Registration conditions

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Inspection score

What went into the score

What the latest inspection found

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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

Leadership and management

Quality and safety of care

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