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	HIQA has found major non-compliance with its care standards in a residential care centre for adults with intellectual disabilities in Co Mayo.</p>
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	The treatment of residents during one meal at the HSE-run centre in Swinford were described as &quot;distressing&quot; during an inspection last February.</p>
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	The HSE-run centre in Swinford was accommodating 97 residents with intellectual disabilities when information from whistleblowers led HIQA to carry out an unannounced inspection last February.</p>
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	The health and social services watchdog&#39;s two-day inspection&nbsp; focussed on nutrition and the use of restrictive procedures.</p>
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	The report published today states that inspectors were concerned that practice in both areas required significant improvement to ensure the health and well being of residents.</p>
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	On nutrition, some residents weights were under the recommended measurement and although the dietician had prescribed supplements and high calorie diets, there was no evidence in their daily record sheets that they were receiving these.</p>
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	The report says mealtimes were not a pleasant experience nor a social occasion. Inspectors observed some residents being offered spoonfuls of food in quick succession by some staff before the residents had swallowed and enjoy the previous spoonful.</p>
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	And some residents were not offered any drink for the duration of the meal.</p>
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	There was concern that residents went for 15 hours without food to facilitate staff duty arrangements.</p>
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	<a href="http://www.rte.ie/news/2014/0725/633069-hiqa-swinford/">http://www.rte.ie/news/2014/0725/633069-hiqa-swinford/</a></p>
