Public (HSE)

Milford Nursing Home

Milford Care Centre, Plassey Park Road, Castletroy, V94 H795

Call 061 485 800

Fair Deal weekly price

€1,633

HSE cost of care, from 1 September 2026

Registered beds

HIQA maximum occupancy

Registered until

6 August 2027

Current registration since 7 August 2024

Inspection score

93/ 100

Strong inspection record

Steady

Ranked 4 of 24 scored homes in Co. Limerick · 2 of 21 within 25 km

Leadership and management92

Quality and safety of care95

What went into the score

23 January 2026 · counts 50%13 of 16 compliant · 93
25 February 2025 · counts 30%16 of 18 compliant · 96
26 June 2024 · counts 20%9 of 13 compliant · 89

Fair Deal price is 29% above the Co. Limerick 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

Milford Nursing Home is a well-managed centre with 24-hour nursing care, offering 69 single en-suite rooms. Residents expressed high satisfaction, describing the home as "excellent" and "heaven here." Staff are attentive and know residents well, and the environment is clean and welcoming. However, some infection control issues were noted, such as improper storage of equipment, and a resident complaint about staff engagement was not properly logged or investigated.

Long-term care
Palliative care

What inspectors liked

Residents expressed high satisfaction with the service and staff.
Staff have good knowledge of residents' likes and dislikes and interact positively.
Bedrooms are personalised and cleaned daily.
The centre promotes a restriction-free environment and welcomes visitors at all times.
There is a clearly defined management structure with sufficient qualified staff and ongoing training.

What needed to improve

A resident complaint about staff engagement was not logged or managed according to policy.
Infection control issues were found, including stacking of bedpans and unclean equipment stored with clean items.
A potential safeguarding concern was not properly investigated.
Some incomplete records were found around monitoring unintentional weight loss.

What residents said

“excellent”
“It's heaven here”
“They never use their call bell as staff always check on them, which is comforting”

Staffing: There are sufficient numbers of qualified nursing, therapy, healthcare, and household staff to meet residents' needs. Staff receive mandatory training and clinical supervision, and management meetings monitor care delivery.
Activities: Residents have opportunities to participate in recreational activities of their choice, supported by sufficient staff. Creative arts therapies like music and art therapy are available. Mass is celebrated six days a week with spiritual support provided.
Food: There is sufficient food and drink available at all times, with a choice of meals including specialist consistency diets. Assistance with meals is provided respectfully and with dignity.

Summarised by AI from the HIQA report of 23 January 2026. Check the report for the full picture.Source report (PDF)

Inspection history

HIQA judges each regulation as Compliant Substantially compliant Not compliantRisk: Low Moderate High

23 January 2026
Unannounced inspection · published Apr 2026
13 compliant3 mostly
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Leadership and management
Written policies and proceduresCompliant
StaffingCompliant
Training and staff developmentCompliant
Governance and managementCompliant
Complaints procedureLow risk · fix by 30 April 2026Mostly
Quality and safety of care
Individual assessment and care planCompliant
Health careCompliant
Managing behaviour that is challengingCompliant
ProtectionLow risk · fix by 31 March 2026Mostly
Residents' rightsCompliant
VisitsCompliant
Personal possessionsCompliant
Food and nutritionCompliant
Information for residentsCompliant
Infection controlLow risk · fix by 31 March 2026Mostly
Fire precautionsCompliant
Read the full HIQA report (PDF)
25 February 2025
Announced inspection · published Jul 2025
16 compliant2 mostly
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Leadership and management
Statement of purposeCompliant
Written policies and proceduresCompliant
Persons in chargeCompliant
StaffingCompliant
Training and staff developmentCompliant
RecordsLow risk · fix by 30 May 2025Mostly
Governance and managementLow risk · fix by 31 May 2025Mostly
VolunteersCompliant
Notification of incidentsCompliant
Quality and safety of care
Individual assessment and care planCompliant
Health careCompliant
ProtectionCompliant
Residents' rightsCompliant
VisitsCompliant
End of lifeCompliant
Information for residentsCompliant
Risk managementCompliant
Fire precautionsCompliant
Read the full HIQA report (PDF)
26 June 2024
Unannounced inspection · published Sept 2024
9 compliant4 mostly
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Leadership and management
Persons in chargeCompliant
StaffingCompliant
Training and staff developmentCompliant
RecordsLow risk · fix by 30 September 2024Mostly
InsuranceCompliant
Governance and managementLow risk · fix by 30 September 2024Mostly
Quality and safety of care
Individual assessment and care planLow risk · fix by 30 September 2024Mostly
Health careCompliant
Residents' rightsCompliant
Communication difficultiesCompliant
VisitsCompliant
Personal possessionsCompliant
Fire precautionsLow risk · fix by 26 July 2024Mostly
Read the full HIQA report (PDF)
12 October 2023
Unannounced restrictive practice thematic inspection · published Jan 2024
1 mostly
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A focused inspection of restrictive practices, such as bedrails, locked doors and sensor alarms, judged against HIQA's National Standards rather than the regulations. It isn't counted in the score.
Thematic inspection
Restrictive practices (overall judgment against the National Standards)Mostly
Read the full HIQA report (PDF)

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	€1,633

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 06/02/2024. 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: 69.

Other homes nearby

Worth phoning too if this home has no bed available.

The Park Nursing Home
Private
Castletroy, Co. Limerick· 760 m away
Fair Deal weekly price
€1,240 / week
Inspection score
86
Beds
56 beds
Phone
061 33 2680
Athlunkard House Nursing Home
Private
Limerick, Co. Clare· 2.3 km away
Fair Deal weekly price
€1,230 / week
Inspection score
41
Beds
103 beds
Phone
061 345 150
Good Counsel Nursing Home
Private
Limerick, Co. Limerick· 3.4 km away
Fair Deal weekly price
€1,271 / week
Inspection score
67
Beds
28 beds
Phone
061 416 288
Catherine McAuley House
Voluntary
Limerick, Co. Limerick· 3.5 km away
Fair Deal weekly price
€1,262 / week
Inspection score
99
Beds
33 beds
Phone
061 315 313
Corbally House Nursing Home
Private
Limerick, Co. Limerick· 3.9 km away
Fair Deal weekly price
€1,280 / week
Inspection score
84
Beds
40 beds
Phone
061 343 267
Roseville House Nursing Home
Private
Limerick, Co. Limerick· 4.4 km away
Fair Deal weekly price
€1,252 / week
Inspection score
77
Beds
44 beds
Phone
061 333 897

Inspection score

93/ 100

Strong inspection record

Steady

Ranked 4 of 24 scored homes in Co. Limerick · 2 of 21 within 25 km

Leadership and management92

Quality and safety of care95

What went into the score

23 January 2026 · counts 50%13 of 16 compliant · 93
25 February 2025 · counts 30%16 of 18 compliant · 96
26 June 2024 · counts 20%9 of 13 compliant · 89

Fair Deal price is 29% above the Co. Limerick 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

Long-term care
Palliative care

What inspectors liked

Residents expressed high satisfaction with the service and staff.
Staff have good knowledge of residents' likes and dislikes and interact positively.
Bedrooms are personalised and cleaned daily.
The centre promotes a restriction-free environment and welcomes visitors at all times.
There is a clearly defined management structure with sufficient qualified staff and ongoing training.

What needed to improve

A resident complaint about staff engagement was not logged or managed according to policy.
Infection control issues were found, including stacking of bedpans and unclean equipment stored with clean items.
A potential safeguarding concern was not properly investigated.
Some incomplete records were found around monitoring unintentional weight loss.

What residents said

“excellent”
“It's heaven here”
“They never use their call bell as staff always check on them, which is comforting”

Staffing: There are sufficient numbers of qualified nursing, therapy, healthcare, and household staff to meet residents' needs. Staff receive mandatory training and clinical supervision, and management meetings monitor care delivery.
Activities: Residents have opportunities to participate in recreational activities of their choice, supported by sufficient staff. Creative arts therapies like music and art therapy are available. Mass is celebrated six days a week with spiritual support provided.
Food: There is sufficient food and drink available at all times, with a choice of meals including specialist consistency diets. Assistance with meals is provided respectfully and with dignity.

Summarised by AI from the HIQA report of 23 January 2026. Check the report for the full picture.Source report (PDF)

Inspection history

HIQA judges each regulation as Compliant Substantially compliant Not compliantRisk: Low Moderate High

23 January 2026
Unannounced inspection · published Apr 2026
13 compliant3 mostly
ShowHide
Leadership and management
Written policies and proceduresCompliant
StaffingCompliant
Training and staff developmentCompliant
Governance and managementCompliant
Complaints procedureLow risk · fix by 30 April 2026Mostly
Quality and safety of care
Individual assessment and care planCompliant
Health careCompliant
Managing behaviour that is challengingCompliant
ProtectionLow risk · fix by 31 March 2026Mostly
Residents' rightsCompliant
VisitsCompliant
Personal possessionsCompliant
Food and nutritionCompliant
Information for residentsCompliant
Infection controlLow risk · fix by 31 March 2026Mostly
Fire precautionsCompliant
Read the full HIQA report (PDF)
25 February 2025
Announced inspection · published Jul 2025
16 compliant2 mostly
ShowHide
Leadership and management
Statement of purposeCompliant
Written policies and proceduresCompliant
Persons in chargeCompliant
StaffingCompliant
Training and staff developmentCompliant
RecordsLow risk · fix by 30 May 2025Mostly
Governance and managementLow risk · fix by 31 May 2025Mostly
VolunteersCompliant
Notification of incidentsCompliant
Quality and safety of care
Individual assessment and care planCompliant
Health careCompliant
ProtectionCompliant
Residents' rightsCompliant
VisitsCompliant
End of lifeCompliant
Information for residentsCompliant
Risk managementCompliant
Fire precautionsCompliant
Read the full HIQA report (PDF)
26 June 2024
Unannounced inspection · published Sept 2024
9 compliant4 mostly
ShowHide
Leadership and management
Persons in chargeCompliant
StaffingCompliant
Training and staff developmentCompliant
RecordsLow risk · fix by 30 September 2024Mostly
InsuranceCompliant
Governance and managementLow risk · fix by 30 September 2024Mostly
Quality and safety of care
Individual assessment and care planLow risk · fix by 30 September 2024Mostly
Health careCompliant
Residents' rightsCompliant
Communication difficultiesCompliant
VisitsCompliant
Personal possessionsCompliant
Fire precautionsLow risk · fix by 26 July 2024Mostly
Read the full HIQA report (PDF)
12 October 2023
Unannounced restrictive practice thematic inspection · published Jan 2024
1 mostly
ShowHide
A focused inspection of restrictive practices, such as bedrails, locked doors and sensor alarms, judged against HIQA's National Standards rather than the regulations. It isn't counted in the score.
Thematic inspection
Restrictive practices (overall judgment against the National Standards)Mostly
Read the full HIQA report (PDF)

Fair Deal price

List	Published	Weekly price
HSE public homes	1 September 2026	€1,633

Registration conditions

Read the conditions HIQA attached to this registration

Other homes nearby

Worth phoning too if this home has no bed available.

The Park Nursing Home

Private

Castletroy, Co. Limerick· 760 m away

Fair Deal weekly price: €1,240 / week
Inspection score: 86
Beds: 56 beds
Phone: 061 33 2680

Athlunkard House Nursing Home

Private

Limerick, Co. Clare· 2.3 km away

Fair Deal weekly price: €1,230 / week
Inspection score: 41
Beds: 103 beds
Phone: 061 345 150

Good Counsel Nursing Home

Private

Limerick, Co. Limerick· 3.4 km away

Fair Deal weekly price: €1,271 / week
Inspection score: 67
Beds: 28 beds
Phone: 061 416 288

Catherine McAuley House

Voluntary

Limerick, Co. Limerick· 3.5 km away

Fair Deal weekly price: €1,262 / week
Inspection score: 99
Beds: 33 beds
Phone: 061 315 313

Corbally House Nursing Home

Private

Limerick, Co. Limerick· 3.9 km away

Fair Deal weekly price: €1,280 / week
Inspection score: 84
Beds: 40 beds
Phone: 061 343 267

Roseville House Nursing Home

Private

Limerick, Co. Limerick· 4.4 km away

Fair Deal weekly price: €1,252 / week
Inspection score: 77
Beds: 44 beds
Phone: 061 333 897

Inspection score

What went into the score

What the latest inspection found

What inspectors liked

What needed to improve

What residents said

Inspection history

Leadership and management

Quality and safety of care

Leadership and management

Quality and safety of care

Leadership and management

Quality and safety of care

Thematic inspection

Fair Deal price

Registration conditions

Other homes nearby

Inspection score

What went into the score

What the latest inspection found

What inspectors liked

What needed to improve

What residents said

Inspection history

Leadership and management

Quality and safety of care

Leadership and management

Quality and safety of care

Leadership and management

Quality and safety of care

Thematic inspection

Fair Deal price

Registration conditions

Other homes nearby