Policy and Accreditation – Nursing Homes
All units have developed unit-appropriate policies which are evidence-based to reflect best practice. We have a Policy Review Committee that meets regularly to ensure the latest information is taken into consideration. Policies includes:
• Responding to Abuse
• Complaints
• Medication Management
• Infection Control
• Nutrition
• Risk Management
• Wound Management
and many more.
HIQA have identified 15 policies that must be followed by all nursing homes and all of these are included in The Talbot Group policies. They can be viewed on the HIQA website, www.hiqa.ie.
The Talbot Group is a member of Nursing Homes Ireland (NHI) who provide invaluable up-to-date information and evidence-based guidelines to guarantee continuing quality care is being delivered. Visit the NHI website www.nhi.ie.
HIQA Standards and Legislation
The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) ensures all nursing homes follow the “National Quality Standards for Residential Care Settings for Older People in Ireland”, published in July 2007. Nursing homes are registered only if they are compliant with these standards. Our nursing homes are inspected by HIQA in a regular basis to ensure compliance with the standards.
To ensure compliance with these standards and in readiness for HIQA inspections, internal auditing is ongoing in all our units.
Training
All staff complete an induction which covers mandatory training such as manual handling, first aid, health and safety, fire training and group policies and procedures. In-house training is on-going with each member of the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) contributing to training sessions.
External courses are sourced for staff in various subjects from degree courses to one day information sessions.