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	The independent review of the &Aacute;ras Attracta care home has said there was widespread control of its mostly elderly residents, which was generally imposed for the ease of managing the service and the convenience of management and staff.</p>
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	The report of the &Aacute;ras Attracta Swinford Review Group was commissioned by the Health Service Executive to review of the quality of care provided at the complex in Swinford, Co Mayo.</p>
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	It has recommended that residents who are ready now to move to non-institutional settings must be supported to do so without delay.</p>
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	The HSE&#39;s response, which is contained in the report, states that 27 residents will begin moving to community settings this year with a further 26 next year.</p>
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	The HSE said it will engage with the remaining 37 residents and their families about choices and options for the future.</p>
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	It said its vision for the facility is to move it from being an institutional model of care to a community-based, person-centred one.</p>
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	The four-member Review Group&#39;s report runs to over 200 pages.</p>
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	In his foreword, Chairperson Dr Kevin McCoy says the HSE commissioned the review following RT&Eacute;&#39;s screening in December 2014 of an undercover investigation of conditions inside Bungalow Three on the Aras campus.</p>
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	He said the investigation left &quot;a lasting and indelible impression on anyone who viewed it&quot; and which &quot;quite rightly led to a public outcry&quot;.</p>
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	A draft report last month showed failures throughout the management system and a culture of bad practices at the HSE-run facility.</p>
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	(Published by RTE.ie on the 6th September 2016)</p>
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	<a href="http://www.rte.ie/news/2016/0906/814467-aras-attracta-report/">http://www.rte.ie/news/2016/0906/814467-aras-attracta-report/</a></p>
