Sunhill Nursing Home complete new extension

SUNHILL Nursing Home are delighted to announce that they have completed a new extension to their existing Nursing Home. A 22 bed extension has increased their capacity from 70 beds to now 92 beds. This makes Sunhill now that largest Nursing Home in County Louth.

Shane Kelly General Manager and Elaine Moloney Director of Nursing have been running Sunhill for the last 10 years and have seen the demand for Nursing Home beds increase over the years. This new extension has allowed Sunhilll to split the Nursing Home into 3 separate care units, Seapoint, Sandpit and Baltray.

All of the new 22 bedrooms are private rooms with large ensuites. Each bedroom has a patio door out onto an enclosed garden space, allowing more freedom and independence for residents. Bedrooms are equipped with Smart TV’s, telephone and full WiFi capability.

The extension and internal modifications also included a further 6 new sitting rooms allowing residents varied spaces to spend their time, 3 new dining rooms, 2 new Activity rooms and lots of seated areas throughout.

Currently Sunhill employs 105 people, both full time and part time and are in the process of recruiting another 20 people.

Sunhill has been fully inspected by HIQA and has been delighted with very favourable reports over the last few years. HIQA have fully inspected the extension and have given approval to commence filling the beds.

Sunhills reputation has long been associated with an incredible array of activities for Residents to partake in, including several holidays throughout Ireland for residents. Elaine Moloney explains “that coming to live in a Nursing Home is only the beginning of a new life chapter, and should be filled with fun and things to look forward to”. Elaine has led the team of Clinical Nurse Managers, Nurses, Carers, Household, Catering, Admin and maintenance staff for the last 10 years and displays every day her passion of caring for Older People.

Shane Kelly says “that our dedicated staff and quality focused team at Sunhill are a credit to themselves, our team goes above and beyond the call of duty every single day” There has been huge interest and demand in the new beds already.

At Sunhill Nursing Home we pride ourselves on the warm, friendly and relaxed atmosphere where residents are respected and treated as we would want our own loved ones to be treated. We truly care for Residents as they travel through one of the most vulnerable parts of their life journey and we want them to feel a sense of fulfilment as strong, capable and experienced human beings.

Vincent and Jill McDonald opened Sunhill in 2005 and watched it grow from strength to strength over the years. They have recently been joined as a Partner in the business by Shane Kelly their GM and all 3 are committed to continuously furthering the quality of the service.