St. Doolagh's Park is a purpose built care & rehabilitation centre situated in park land setting off the Malahide Road, in Balgriffin Dublin 17, close to Malahide Village and Swords. Close to the last exit of the M50 motorway, the airport and the M1 Motorway and a regular bus service is provided at the entrance to St. Doolagh's Park.
St. Doolagh's Park is a specialist care centre that provides long-term and short-term residential care and rehabilitation.
On the ground floor we provide specialist care for adults with acquired brain injury (ABI) who are under the age of 65 years, once they are discharged from hospital, medically stable and require secondary rehabilitation or long-term care. Many such individuals continue to experience physical, cognitive, emotional and social interpersonal difficulties and find it hard to identify skilled personnel who can help them with the next step in moving forward.
On the first floor we provide long-term care for adults whose primary diagnosis is an acquired brain injury and require medium to long-term care. We care for residents over the age over 40 years who are medically stable but have ongoing medical needs and may have slow or medium rehabilitation requirements.
At St. Doolagh's Park we meet the needs of our residents by providing them with the highest level of person centred care and service. Our multi-disciplinary team devises an individual care and rehabilitation plan with each resident as appropriate to ensure the achievement of both the highest level of care and personal outcome measures. The team includes a Neuro-Psychologist, a Physiotherapist, a G.P., Occupational Therapist, registered General and Psychiatric Nurses, Behavioural Specialists, and Rehabilitation Assistants. We also have as part of our team a Consultant Psychiatrist and a Consultant Speech and Language Therapist.
St. Doolagh's Park has 72 single suite bedrooms that are fitted with bespoke furniture, a wireless call bell system and private telephone. All rooms have been designed to afford easy access and facilitate assisted showering where required. Residents are encouraged to bring in personal items which will ensure their stay with us is a happy one. All our residents have the right to privacy and are treated with the utmost respect and dignity.
We also provide assisted daily living training facilities, gymnasium, games room, communal areas and smaller lounge areas to facilitate a homely and supportive environment.
Special emphasis is placed on the individual happiness and dignity of our residents. Friends and family are always welcome and we run regular family groups.
Referral to St. Doolagh's Park can be made by any party, e.g. self referral, family, HSE, social workers.
Our commitment to continuous improvement means residents benefit from an ongoing Quality Program, one that is person centred and needs driven. St. Doolagh's Park has been awarded the EIQA Quality of Care Standard for Nursing Homes, an independent quality accreditation based on stringent quality and hygiene standards.
St. Doolagh's Park is fully registered with the HSE Dublin North East Area and HIQA. The home is also approved by the VHI, Quinn Healthcare and Hibernian Aviva Health.
Accommodation
- St. Doolagh’s offers accommodation for 72 residents in single ensuit rooms.
- Wireless call system and private telephone
- Superbly finished with bespoke furniture
- All rooms have private television
- All rooms have level access with garden or court yard aspect
- Daily living training facilities including adapted kitchens
- Gymnasium for rehabilitation
- Activities room
- Communal areas
- Smaller lounge areas to facilitate a homely and supportive environment
- Full in-house laundry service
Facilities & Services
- Full clinical multi-disciplinary team
- 24 Hour G.P. Cover
- Full external activities prgramme in place through out activities coordinator
- Continued education and back to work programs where appropriate
- Monthly Residents/Relatives meeting
- Quarterly resident/family newsletter
- Community Dental, Optical and Chiropody can be accessed on request.
- Regular visits by Clergy.
- Residents Committee and Relatives Forum
Social Activities
At St. Doolagh’s social activities plays a key role in ensuring our residents maintain a happy outlook. We endeavor to provide as wide a range of activities as possible to cater for physical, emotional and spiritual needs of the residents. Our full-time Activities Co-ordinator Karen Brett plays a key role at St. Doolagh's Park in delivering a broad and exciting range of activities for our residents.Activities include:
- Structured rehabilitative programs including assisted daily living
- Lifestyle and Recreation program managed: music therapy, art classes, dancing, trivia, current affair readings and discussion groups
- Full external activities, continued education and back to work programs where appropriate
- Musical Entertainment
- Classic Movie screening
- Exercises
- Gardening
- Art Therapy
- Craft demonstrations
- Religious Services
- Card games
- Regular external events organised for our Residents
Meet the St. Doolagh's Park Team
Director of Nursing and the Wider Team:
Ciara Hopper R.G.N. is the Director of Nursing at St. Doolagh’s Park Care & Rehabilitation Centre. Ciara has over 15 years experience managing public and private residential care centres and she hold a Masters Degree in Nursing from Trinity College, Dublin. Together with her clinical team of more than 80 staff who are dedicated to the St. Doolagh’s Park vision of ‘meeting the needs of our residents by providing them with the highest level of person centered care and service’. Ciara leads an expert team in delivering excellence in care and rehabilitation. This Multi-Disciplinary Team includes the following
- Charity Shawa - Assistant Director of Nursing
- Clinical Nurse Managers
- Cormac O'Connor, Senior Psychologist
- Martin Towey, Physiotherapist
- Michael McQuaid, Assistant Psychologist
- Mairead Bradley, Occupational Therapist
- Dr. John Veale, G.P.
- Consultant Psychiatrist
- Juliet Ryan - Activities Coordinator
- Consultant Speech and Language Therapist
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