The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) is an independent organisation. It has the legal power and responsibility for improving the quality, safety and value of health and social care in Ireland (excluding mental health services)
HIQA has developed the National Standards for Residential Care Settings for Older People in Ireland. These Standards are a revision of the 2009 National Quality Standards for Residential Care Settings for Older People in Ireland and they include the learning from the past five years of inspections of nursing homes and feedback from key stakeholders.
Each section is divided into specific standards which aim to improve services for people living in nursing homes. These Standards are grouped into eight key areas called themes.
Each Standard describes an ‘outcome’, or what the nursing home should do to provide a good quality and safe service for people living there. There are a number of features for each standard to describe what a nursing home that is meeting the standard is likely to be doing.
The document can be viewed below or can be downloaded here