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 17 December 2025. 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: 48.
Other homes nearby
Worth phoning too if this home has no bed available.
Ranked 20 of 21 scored homes in Co. Kerry · 13 of 13 within 25 km
Leadership and management49
Quality and safety of care61
What went into the score
8 July 2026 · counts 50%5 not compliant · 3 of 15 compliant · 54
22 April 2026 · counts 30%7 not compliant · 6 of 17 compliant · 55
14 August 2025 · counts 20%6 not compliant · 10 of 23 compliant · 66
Fair Deal price is about the same as the Co. Kerry median of €1,275 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
Lystoll Lodge Nursing Home provides 24-hour nursing care for 48 residents in a rural setting near Listowel, Kerry. Residents and relatives appreciate the kindness of staff, but there are concerns about staffing shortages, especially at weekends, and delays in care. The home has made some improvements in premises and cleaning, but management and oversight of the service need significant improvement, particularly in safeguarding residents and handling complaints. Dining experiences vary between floors, with better social dining on the ground floor than upstairs.
Long-term care
Respite
Convalescence
Dementia care
Mental health
Palliative care
What inspectors liked
Staff are kind and compassionate to residents.
Residents have access to a range of healthcare professionals including GPs, physiotherapists, and dietitians.
Improvements made to premises such as new call bell system and replaced ceiling tiles.
Residents enjoy choice and quality of food, including home baked goods.
Activities include lively chair exercise sessions and live music, with residents participating.
What needed to improve
Significant deficits in governance and management oversight, especially safeguarding and complaint handling.
Inspection history
HIQA judges each regulation as Compliant Substantially compliant Not compliantRisk: Low Moderate High
8 July 2026
Unannounced inspection · published Oct 2026
3 compliant7 mostly5 not compliant
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Leadership and management
StaffingCompliant
Staff shortages and high turnover leading to delays in care, especially evenings and weekends.
Privacy issues in twin rooms due to inadequate curtains and room layout.
Inconsistent dining experience upstairs with residents served meals at different times.
Some staff lack mandatory training, including manual handling and safeguarding, and poor manual handling practices observed.
What residents said
“Residents and relatives spoke very positively regarding the kindness and the care staff provided”
“Residents were very complimentary to the inspectors regarding the choices available at mealtimes and the home baked goods such as scones and cakes available to them”
“Two residents reported issues with missing items of clothing”
“Residents told the inspectors their choices regarding getting up and going to bed were respected”
Staffing
On the days of inspection, the number and skill mix of staff was appropriate to meet residents' needs. However, there has been a high turnover of staff with 12 new staff recently employed. Staffing shortages were noted at weekends and early evenings, causing delays in care. Some staff lacked mandatory training and supervision was insufficient.
Activities
Activities staff were sometimes redeployed to other duties, limiting morning activities. Residents participated in lively chair exercise sessions and enjoyed live music performances. Residents' meetings are held to gather feedback and requests for outings.
Food
Residents are offered a choice of main courses at mealtimes and enjoy home baked goods like scones and cakes. Dining on the ground floor is social and well set, but upstairs dining is less sociable with residents served meals at different times, though this improved by the second day of inspection.
Dementia
The centre accommodates residents with dementia and staff appeared aware of their preferences and dislikes, ensuring comfort. However, no specific dedicated or secure dementia unit is described.
Summarised by AI from the HIQA report of 8 July 2026. Check the report for the full picture.Source report (PDF)
Training and staff developmentModerate risk · fix by 30 August 2026
Not compliant
RecordsLow risk · fix by 21 August 2026Mostly
Governance and managementModerate risk · fix by 15 August 2026Not compliant
Notification of incidentsModerate risk · fix by 1 August 2026Not compliant
Complaints procedureModerate risk · fix by 30 August 2026Not compliant
Quality and safety of care
Individual assessment and care planLow risk · fix by 30 September 2026Mostly
Health careCompliant
ProtectionModerate risk · fix by 30 September 2026Not compliant
Residents' rightsLow risk · fix by 30 September 2026Mostly
Personal possessionsLow risk · fix by 30 September 2026Mostly
PremisesLow risk · fix by 30 September 2026Mostly
Infection controlLow risk · fix by 30 August 2026Mostly
Fire precautionsLow risk · fix by 5 August 2026Mostly