Public (HSE)

St. Joseph's Hospital

Lifford Road, Ennis, V95RT99

Call 065 686 3836

Fair Deal weekly price

€2,037

HSE cost of care, from 1 September 2026

Registered beds

HIQA maximum occupancy

Registered until

21 June 2027

Current registration since 22 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.

List	Published	Weekly price
HSE public homes	1 September 2026	€2,037

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 12 March 2026. 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: 76.

Other homes nearby

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Ennis Nursing Home
Private
Ennis, Co. Clare· 2.0 km away
Fair Deal weekly price
€1,224 / week
Inspection score
93
Beds
60 beds
Phone
065 682 4262
Cahercalla Community Care
Voluntary
Ennis, Co. Clare· 2.7 km away

Inspection score

91/ 100

Strong inspection record

Steady

Ranked 4 of 15 scored homes in Co. Clare · 3 of 7 within 25 km

Leadership and management95

Quality and safety of care87

What went into the score

4 June 2025 · counts 50%10 of 13 compliant · 92
7 March 2024 · counts 30%15 of 17 compliant · 96
5 October 2023 · counts 20%1 not compliant · 6 of 11 compliant · 79

Fair Deal price is 60% above the Co. Clare median of €1,270 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

St. Joseph's Hospital is a well-managed nursing home with a caring and attentive staff who know the residents well. Residents enjoy a variety of activities, including art therapy, pet therapy, and baking, and have access to a chapel and community events. The home has four units, including a dementia-specific unit, and offers single and shared rooms. While the environment is generally clean and homely, some maintenance issues with flooring and infection control practices need improvement. Care plans are sometimes outdated and not always updated promptly. Residents feel safe, respected, and free to express their concerns.

Long-term care
Dementia care
Palliative care

What inspectors liked

Staff are kind, attentive, and respond promptly to call bells.
Residents have access to a wide range of activities and community engagement.
The home has a dedicated dementia-specific unit.
Infection prevention and control audits are regularly conducted with high compliance.
Residents' rights and choices are respected and upheld.

What needed to improve

Some flooring and surfaces are damaged and difficult to clean, impacting infection control.
Certain infection control practices, like manual emptying of commodes, increase risk of infection spread.
Care plans are not always updated after changes in residents' conditions or hospital visits.
The electronic care planning system is unreliable, causing risks to accurate care delivery.

St. Joseph's Hospital

Fair Deal price

Registration conditions

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Inspection score

What went into the score

What the latest inspection found

What inspectors liked

What needed to improve

Inspection history

Leadership and management

What residents said

Quality and safety of care

Thematic inspection

Leadership and management

Quality and safety of care

Leadership and management

Quality and safety of care