Two fully trained healthcare assistants went undercover in homes run by one of Ireland’s leading private nursing home providers Emeis, formerly known as Orpea.
They observed staff shortages, unsafe practices and in some cases, vulnerable older people left without basic care.
Tonight, RTÉ Investigates reveals what it witnessed in two private nursing homes.
Over the course of an undercover investigation at Beneavin Manor in Glasnevin, Co Dublin, a male resident asked to use the toilet during the night.
He was told there weren’t enough staff to bring him.
Instead, he was advised to use his incontinence pad — and reminded not to wet the bed, as no clean…