{"id":611004,"date":"2026-09-01T08:28:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T08:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/611004\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T08:28:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T08:28:10","slug":"ennis-mental-health-facility-records-100-compliance-in-unannounced-inspection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/611004\/","title":{"rendered":"Ennis Mental Health Facility Records 100% Compliance In Unannounced Inspection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An Ennis Mental Health facility has been found 100% compliant in its standards of care for the very first time.<\/p>\n<p>The Mental Health Commission carried out an unannounced inspection of Cappahard Lodge over four days in May.<\/p>\n<p>The inspection was carried out over a four-day period from May 12th to 15th.<\/p>\n<p>During the inspection, there were 13 residents in the former nursing home, which has a total capacity of 32 beds.<\/p>\n<p>Residents have access to communal and therapeutic spaces comprised of two day rooms, two dining rooms, communal bathrooms, a hairdressing room, a dedicated activity room and a clinic room.<\/p>\n<p>During the inspection, one resident met with the inspection team and relayed highly positive feedback regarding staff, food, and activities.<\/p>\n<p>The resident reported they were participating in local community groups and shopping excursions and that family visits were also facilitated on a regular basis.<\/p>\n<p>In a 2023 inspection, Cappahard had been found non-compliant in the areas of Food and Nutrition, Care Plans, General Health, Privacy, Premises, Medicines, and Risk Management Procedures and was found 72% compliant.<\/p>\n<p>On this occasion, Cappahard Lodge was judged to be thoroughly compliant in all areas of assessment and received a compliance rating of 100%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An Ennis Mental Health facility has been found 100% compliant in its standards of care for the very&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":611005,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[103,61,60,410,411],"class_list":["post-611004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mental-health","tag-health","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-mental-health","tag-mentalhealth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=611004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611004\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/611005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=611004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=611004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=611004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}