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.
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 16 April 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: 32
Other homes nearby
Worth phoning too if this home has no bed available.
Ranked 6 of 7 scored homes in Co. Sligo · 9 of 11 within 25 km
Leadership and management73
Quality and safety of care71
What went into the score
30 April 2026 · counts 50%1 not compliant · 8 of 17 compliant · 78
13 October 2025 · counts 30%6 not compliant · 7 of 17 compliant · 60
17 January 2025 · counts 20%2 not compliant · 7 of 15 compliant · 73
Fair Deal price is 7% above the Co. Sligo median of €1,315 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
Ballymote Community Nursing Unit provides long-term and short-term care including dementia and palliative care. The home is mostly well-managed with good staffing and a focus on residents' choices and comfort. However, ongoing building upgrades have limited some facilities and activities. Inspectors found some areas needing improvement, such as care plan updates, medication management, infection control, and activity scheduling.
Long-term care
Respite
Convalescence
Dementia care
Palliative care
What inspectors liked
Residents are supported to have choices in their care and daily life.
Staff are helpful, dedicated, and respond promptly to residents' needs.
The home has a good range of health and social care services available.
Meals are nutritious with choices and residents enjoy the food.
Complaints are managed well and resolved in a timely manner.
What needed to improve
Care plans are not always updated or reviewed with residents or their representatives.
Some restrictive practices lack proper consent and risk assessments.
Activity records are incomplete and no activity schedule was displayed, limiting residents' ability to choose activities.
Inspection history
HIQA judges each regulation as Compliant Substantially compliant Not compliantRisk: Low Moderate High
30 April 2026
Unannounced inspection · published Sept 2026
8 compliant8 mostly1 not compliant
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Leadership and management
Statement of purposeCompliant
Medication prescriptions on the electronic system lacked prescriber signatures at the time of inspection.
Building upgrades have caused some areas to be unusable and some premises issues remain, including fire safety and infection control concerns.
What residents said
“I like it here, why wouldn't I?, There is plenty to keep you occupied”
“I love it here, I can't say anything against the staff”
“I am not aware of what activities are provided”
“There is usually plenty to do”
Staffing
Staffing levels and skill mix are sufficient to meet residents' needs, with additional night cover added due to building works. Staff receive up-to-date mandatory and professional training.
Activities
Activities were limited on the day due to building works, mostly discussion-based. There was no activity schedule displayed, and records showed gaps in activity provision for some residents.
Food
Residents enjoy the food with choices offered at mealtimes. An enhanced nutrition programme is in place, including dietitian review and extra snacks and drinks throughout the day.
Dementia
The centre provides dementia care as part of its services, with personalised rooms and signage to assist residents.
Summarised by AI from the HIQA report of 30 April 2026. Check the report for the full picture.Source report (PDF)
Staffing
Compliant
Training and staff developmentCompliant
Governance and managementModerate risk · fix by 31 August 2026Not compliant
Contract for the provision of servicesLow risk · fix by 31 August 2026Mostly
Notification of procedures and arrangements for periods when person in charge is absent from the designated centreCompliant
Complaints procedureCompliant
Quality and safety of care
Individual assessment and care planLow risk · fix by 31 August 2026Mostly
Health careCompliant
Managing behaviour that is challengingLow risk · fix by 31 July 2026Mostly
ProtectionCompliant
Residents' rightsLow risk · fix by 31 August 2026Mostly
PremisesLow risk · fix by 30 April 2026Mostly
Food and nutritionCompliant
Infection controlLow risk · fix by 31 July 2026Mostly
Fire precautionsLow risk · fix by 30 April 2026Mostly
Medicines and pharmaceutical servicesLow risk · fix by 28 August 2026Mostly