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SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: Introducing Heather House, a Nua Service for Adults with Disabilities

We are delighted to introduce you to Heather House, a HIQA registered service for adults, both male and female, aged 18 and above in County Mayo.

SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: Introducing Tearmann House, Nua's new specialist Mental Health Service

On the 25th of April, members of Nua’s management team and Virgo construction hosted a hugely successful sod-turning event at Tearmann House in Meath – our new specialist mental health service.

STAFF STORIES: Marie Connors Assistant Support Worker in Teach Folláine

Marie Connors, Assistant Support Worker in a Nua Mental Health Community Residence, talks to us about life before joining Nua Healthcare.

SERVICE USER ACHIEVEMENTS: Monthly Awards - January 2022

Each month, nominations are submitted for individuals across all Nua services who have achieved milestones or made significant progress as they continue on their journey towards greater independence.

SERVICE USER ACHIEVEMENTS: Monthly Awards - December 2021

Each month, nominations are submitted for individuals across all Nua services who have achieved milestones or made significant progress as they continue on their journey towards greater independence.

SERVICE USER ACHIEVEMENTS: Monthly Awards - November 2021

Each month, nominations are submitted for individuals across all Nua services who have achieved milestones or made significant progress as they continue on their journey towards greater independence.

STAFF STORIES: Sharon McNube Team Leader in Rathdearg

Sharon McNube, Deputy Team Leader in Nua's centre, Rathdearg, talks to us about life before joining Nua Healthcare in 2019.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Nua opens new Mental Health Community Residence in North West Dublin

We are delighted to introduce you to Aran Lodge, a Mental Health Community Residence for adults, both male and female, which is situated just on the border between North-West Dublin and County Meath.

SERVICE USER ACHIEVEMENTS: Monthly Awards - October 2021

Each month, nominations are submitted for individuals across all Nua services who have achieved milestones or made significant progress as they continue on their journey towards greater independence.

SERVICE USER ACHIEVEMENTS: Lauren Wins Gold in Show Jumping

We would like to congratulate our resident, Lauren, from Mount Eslin, on her fantastic win during a recent show jumping competition at Moorlands Equestrian Centre in County Leitrim.

SERVICE USER ACHIEVEMENTS: Rivendell's Health Buzz

From the 10th of September, Staff and Service Users from Rivendell commenced a new health initiative in the centre, similar in format to RTÉ's Operation Transformation.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: News from Winterdown Farm

Greetings from Winterdown Farm!

SERVICE USER ACHIEVEMENTS: Monthly Awards - September 2021

Each month, nominations are submitted for individuals across all Nua services who have achieved milestones or made significant progress as they continue on their journey towards greater independence.

SERVICE USER ACHIEVEMENTS: Monthly Awards - August 2021

Each month, nominations are submitted for individuals across all Nua services who have achieved milestones or made significant progress as they continue on their journey towards greater independence.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Nua Healthcare Opens Spectacular Botanical Gardens in County Westmeath

Abbey Blooms Botanical Gardens, situated just one kilometre outside the rural village of Multyfarnham, seeks to give back to the community in a way that promotes wellness for us all

SERVICE ACHIEVEMENTS: 4 million steps forward for Nua Team!

Our residential centre in Co. Westmeath took up their own internal steps challenge for the full month of March, encouraging all staff to participate achieving a fantastic result!

SERVICE USER ACHIEVEMENTS: Resident Martin brings us news of his farming achievements in Co. Cork!

Martin, a resident in Nua Healthcare's Services, dreamed of becoming a sheep farmer. Through sheer hard work and determination, Martin has made his dream a reality. He tells us more about it.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Nua Healthcare announces Recruitment Webinar and Open Day - Saturday 20th March 2021

Nua Healthcare are delighted to announce their Recruitment Webinar and Open Day on Saturday 20th of March where you can meet our Recruitment Team and take part in our 'On The Spot' Interviews.

SERVICE ACHIEVEMENTS: Team Nua go that extra mile for a very worthy cause

Nua Healthcare staff kick started The '100 Miles in a Month' challenge for The Mater Foundation on the 1st of February, raising funds for a very worthy cause!

SERVICE ACHIEVEMENTS: Nua Healthcare rises to the Jerusalema Dance Challenge!

We are delighted to present to you our very own Jerusalema Challenge from all across Nua Healthcare! It was heart-warming to see such a positive response from staff and residents in our services.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Nua Healthcare announces Recruitment Webinar and Open Day - Saturday 20th February 2021

Nua Healthcare are delighted to announce their Recruitment Webinar and Open Day on Saturday 20th of February where you can meet our Recruitment Team and take part in our 'On The Spot' Interviews.

SERVICE USER ACHIEVEMENTS: Aaron's amazing achievements lead him straight to Áras an Uachtaráin for high tea!

We reflect on the remarkable achievements that Aaron has accomplished in such a short time through his hard work and dedication.

SERVICE ACHIEVEMENTS: Who we supported in 2020 and beyond

We take a look back at those we supported and future fundraising

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Nua Launches 2020 Online Christmas Show

Live from your living room on Tues 22nd and Wed 23rd Dec. Nua is delighted to bring you a truly fantastic line-up over the 2-day programme. It promises to be a very special treat, so don't miss out!

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Nua Proudly Supports "The Little Free Shop"

Nua staff member, Patrick Kelly speaks about a fantastic community incentive his family have created.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Nua Proudly Supports Staff Colms' 100 Challenge

To help support Limerick Treaty Suicide Prevention during the cold winter months, Nua Staff Member Colm Skehan, has decided to fundraise for them and taking part in the November100 Challenge.

SERVICE ACHIEVEMENTS: The Willows Launch New Creative Wall Project

A very special team project recently completed in one of Nua’s Centres, The Willows

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Nua proudly supports the Mustard Seed Soup Run

Nua Healthcare are delighted to team up with the Siol Foundation to support The Mustard Seed Soup Run

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Learning how to live through COVID-19

The safety, health and welfare of our Service Users, staff teams, their families and the wider community, remains of utmost priority to us here at Nua Healthcare.

SERVICE ACHIEVEMENTS: Supported Living Services - Summer Camp

Supported Living hosted their first ever Children’s Summer Camp and it was a huge success!

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Nua Healthcare proudly support Trim's frontline services

Nua Healthcare were extremely proud to support Trim's frontline services in their charity fundraising event last Sunday for Féileacáin (Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Association of Ireland).

SERVICE ACHIEVEMENTS: Nua’s Mental Health Community Residence - Teach Folláine is 1 year old this month!!

This month marks our Mental Health Community Residence - Teach Folláine's first full year in operation.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Nua Appoints Noel Dunne as CEO

Nua Healthcare is delighted to announce the appointment of Noel Dunne as its Chief Executive Officer.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Nua Healthcare announces plans to recruit up to 200 personnel to bring employee numbers to circa 1,800

NUA is Ireland’s largest private provider of residential services for people with intellectual disability and mental health diagnosis and associated needs in Ireland.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Nua Healthcare’s Response to the Coronavirus Outbreak

Nua Healthcare’s Executive Management Team would like to thank all stakeholders for their commitment, professionalism and engagement to date in response to coronavirus and the COVID-19 outbreak.

SERVICE USER ACHIEVEMENTS: Gary wins bronze medal for Ireland!

Nua resident Gary has returned from the Malmo International Parasport Games in Sweden with a bronze medal representing Ireland.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Nua Healthcare Appoints Dr Matthew Patrick as Chairman

Nua Healthcare is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Matthew Patrick as a Non-Executive Director and Chairman of our Board.

SERVICE USER ACHIEVEMENTS: New sensory garden & playground dedicated to Nua resident Jason

Jason, supported by Nua Healthcare, recently celebrated his 51st birthday at Kildare Farm Foods. Many of Nua’s residents and colleagues were in attendance to celebrate this very special day.

SERVICE USER ACHIEVEMENTS: Nua Healthcare's 2019 Service User's Annual Christmas Show

One of the most important events in the Nua calendar - The Service User Christmas Show - took place on December 18th at the Keadeen Hotel in Newbridge, Co. Kildare.

SERVICE ACHIEVEMENTS: Nua Healthcare Service Users and employees support various Christmas Charities

Well done to Nua Healthcare colleagues who donated shoe boxes for the Simon Community’s Christmas Shoebox Appeal. Nua Healthcare ran a series of Christmas Charity Appeals – “The Christmas Shoebox..

SERVICE ACHIEVEMENTS: A swarm of native Irish Honey Bees from Nua's Residential Centre Taliesin House are rescued and brought to Nua's beautiful Winterdown Farm.

An educational in-depth video about the rescue of a swarm of native Irish Honey Bees from Nua's Residential Centre Taliesin House and the existing hives that reside at Nua's beautiful Winterdown Farm.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: The Appointment of Dr. Harry Doyle – Clinical Director (Consultant Psychiatrist)

Nua Healthcare are delighted to announce the appointment of Dr. Harry Doyle as Clinical Director (Consultant Psychiatrist) and welcome him to the Nua clinical team.

SERVICE ACHIEVEMENTS: Nua Healthcare's Fairgreen Day Services

Nua’s Fairgreen Day Services facilitates and supports Service Users with their educational, recreational and social needs in a friendly and structured environment.

SERVICE ACHIEVEMENTS: Nua Achieves Renewed CARF Accreditation

Nua Healthcare is proud to announce renewed international CARF accreditation, having achieved an outstanding 96.5% conformance.

SERVICE ACHIEVEMENTS: Staff at Nua Healthcare celebrate World Mental Health Day 2019

On October 10th Nua Healthcare Staff and Service Users joined with people across the world in celebrating and promoting World Mental Health Day. Colleagues and service users alike chose to wear green.

SERVICE ACHIEVEMENTS: Fulfilling Lives - Nua Healthcare's Annual Conference 2019

Nua Healthcare were proud to host their 2019 Annual Conference at the Killashee House Hotel in Kildare recently. The theme of the conference this year was ‘Fulfilling Lives’.

SERVICE USER ACHIEVEMENTS: Nua Healthcare Service User is "Man of the Moment"!

Man of the Moment - Service User David on how he has achieved and accomplished so much over the last year at Nua.

SERVICE USER ACHIEVEMENTS: Taliesin Awards and Fun Day

Summer fun and awards for residents and staff at Taliesin's Fun Day Event in Portlaoise.

SERVICE USER ACHIEVEMENTS: Service Users enjoy Little Island Day Services trip to Rosscarbery & Clonakilty

Nua’s Little Island Day Services recently organised a day trip to Smugglers Cove in Rosscarbery and Clonakilty’s Model Railway Village for Service Users.

SERVICE USER ACHIEVEMENTS: Nua Resident's Experience Job Carving

Nua Service Users, with the help of the Nua's Outreach Department, collaborate with Finlays Garage in Naas on the 'Job Carving' programme.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Nua's Mental Health Community Residence opens in Kildare

Nua Healthcare, a leading private provider of Intellectual Disability and Mental Health Services, has officially opened its new Mental Health Community Residence, in Co Kildare.

SERVICE ACHIEVEMENTS: Nua Attends Annual Conference

The Psychological Society of Ireland, under the Division of Behaviour Analysis, held their 13th Annual Conference in Trinity College Dublin earlier this month.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Nua Mental Health Services

Nua Healthcare supporting people with mental health needs.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Nua Healthcare Outreach Programme creates volunteering partnership with My Lovely Horse Rescue

Nua Healthcare Outreach programme creates volunteering partnership with My Lovely Horse Rescue Charity. MLHR welcomes the help of several service users from Nua Healthcare.

SERVICE ACHIEVEMENTS: Nua at School of Nursing in UCD

Nua Healthcare's former Ceo Chris Hindle and Director of Operations J.J. Carey speak to Year 3 Mental Health Nurses at the University College Dublin today.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Nua Healthcare Appoints Alan Rosenbach as Head of The Clinical Governance Committee

Nua Healthcare is delighted to announce the appointment of Alan Rosenbach as a Non-Executive Board member and Head of our Clinical Governance Committee.

SERVICE ACHIEVEMENTS: Nua Achieves Renewed Accreditation from the NAS

Since 2009, Nua Healthcare’s Adult Residential Services have attained Autism Accreditation through The National Autistic Society's Autism Accreditation Programme in the United Kingdom.

SERVICE USER ACHIEVEMENTS: Nua Healthcare Teams Cook up a Storm!!

Residents cook up a storm at most influential food service events, CATEX.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Nua expands into Mental Health Services

Nua Healthcare has expanded into Mental Health Services with the upcoming opening of a brand new state-of-the-art Specialist Rehabilitation Unit in County Cork.

SERVICE USER ACHIEVEMENTS: Job Shadow Day

Nua Healthcare residents participate in the Job Shadow initiative

SERVICE USER ACHIEVEMENTS: Mackenzie Scores 3 Goals at Nua Soccer Tournament

Rathbeag's 'Mackenzie' had an incredible game at this year's Annual Soccer Tournament when she scored not 1, not 2, but 3 goals for her team!!

SERVICE USER ACHIEVEMENTS: Stephanie enters All-Ireland Scarecrow Competition

The Durrow Scarecrow Festival is in its 8th year running and has already been nominated twice as the ‘Best Festival’ in The Irish Times Ticket Awards and is fast becoming one of national acclaim.

SERVICE ACHIEVEMENTS: Great Progress Continues for Nua's Moldovan Project

Following a very successful visit to Nua by the Moldovan Ministers in May of this year, we are delighted to report fantastic progress on the Country moving from an institutional care

SERVICE USER ACHIEVEMENTS: A 'Winning Team'

It was always one of John's goals to one day join his local GAA football club and just recently, alongside the support of his key worker Stephen, John achieved this goal.

SERVICE ACHIEVEMENTS: Moldovan Government Delegates Visit Nua Healthcare

Nua Healthcare was delighted & privileged to recently host a delegation from Republic of Moldova in support of their deinstitutionalisation plans for children with disabilities in state care.

SERVICE ACHIEVEMENTS: National Workplace Wellbeing Day 2017

Nua Healthcare was delighted to participate in the 2017 National Workplace Wellbeing Day by organising health and wellness events at a number of its centres across the country.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Job Shadow Day 2017

As part of Nua’s Outreach programme, a number of our Service Users participated in the Irish Association of Supported Employment’s Job Shadow Day Initiative.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Nua Healthcare awarded Three-Year CARF Accreditation

In recent months, Nua received international accreditation for its services when we were awarded a Three-Year Accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (“CARF”).

SERVICE ACHIEVEMENTS: Nua’s De-Institutionalisation Project in Moldova

Outreach Moldova, Nua and its charity partner, the Síol Foundation, sponsored the girls and their carers to come to Ireland for two weeks, to live and participate in daily activities

SERVICE ACHIEVEMENTS: Nua supporting the Hincesti Orphanage 2 week visit to Ireland

In December 2016, Nua Healthcare welcomed 13 young girls over to Ireland from the Hincesti Orphanage in Moldova with their carers and Doctors.

SERVICE USER ACHIEVEMENTS: Nua's Annual Service User Christmas Party

On December 14th, at the Keadeen Hotel in Newbridge, the Annual Service Users Christmas Party took place. Service Users, their families, friends, and staff, started arriving to the event from 5pm

SERVICE USER ACHIEVEMENTS: Simon’s Mystery Shop Success

Simon, a resident of Alberg House, had been working in SuperValu recently as part of his outreach placement when a mystery shopper made a visit to the branch.

SERVICE USER ACHIEVEMENTS: Eddie Excels in Fastway Couriers

Eddie has been working at Fastway Couriers in Portarlington four evenings per week for almost 2 years and come hail, sleet or snow, Eddie has hardly missed a day since he started.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Nua will be welcoming Outreach Moldova and the Hincesti orphanage to Ireland later this week

Nua Healthcare is very excited to be welcoming a group of 13 young people and 7 Outreach Moldova Carers and Doctors from Hincheti orphanage in Moldova, to Ireland this Friday December 2nd.

SERVICE USER ACHIEVEMENTS: Sophie takes next step towards her desired career of becoming a beautician

Nua Healthcare staff and fellow Service Users of Sophie's, would like to recognise her recent huge achievement of taking the next big step towards her desired career as a beautician.

SERVICE ACHIEVEMENTS: Nua Healthcare proudly sponsors the Mustard Seed Soup Run

Nua Healthcare has been an avid supporter of the Mustard Seed's Mobile Soup Run since January 2016.

SERVICE ACHIEVEMENTS: Community Outreach and Day Service Events and Activities

Our Community Outreach and Day Services have been very busy over the past few months, aside from day trips to the likes of; The Cavan Centre, Rathwood and the Broncho Ranch.

SERVICE USER ACHIEVEMENTS: Our Service Users Trip to the Cavan Centre

The Cavan Centre, situated in the heart of Ballyjamesduff has been operating for over 35 years, supporting many individuals to expand their personal & social development.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Career Opportunities for Social Care Workers in Cork

Are you passionate about delivering a first class service to our clients? Are you seeking an exciting and rewarding career? Then we would like to hear from you today………………

SERVICE USER ACHIEVEMENTS: The Meadows and Fairways Teams Host Annual Soccer Tournament

Nua's annual Soccer Tournament was held in Ballykelly GAA Club this year on the 29th of July and was hosted by The Meadows and The Fairways houses

SERVICE ACHIEVEMENTS: Post News covers Job Shadow Day

On Job Shadow Day, hundreds of people with disabilities explore the world of work by ‘shadowing’ a volunteer mentor as they go about their normal working day in organisations across the country.

SERVICE USER ACHIEVEMENTS: Shanderry House Hosts Fun Day

Shanderry House recently welcomed local residents to their social event for a beautiful barbeque, bouncing castles, face painting and an on site fun obstacle course competition.

SERVICE USER ACHIEVEMENTS: Emma's Job Shadow Experience with An Post

Emma from one of Nua Healthcare's Kildare facilities participated in this year's Job Shadow at the National Transport Office of An Post in Mullingar.

SERVICE USER ACHIEVEMENTS: Melvin from Gainevale House Enjoys Job Shadow Experience 2016

Job Shadow Day, held on April 27th this year, is a national day of awareness to promote equal employment opportunities for people with disabilities.

SERVICE USER ACHIEVEMENTS: Nua Service Users take home Gold at the 2016 Culinary Ability Awards in London

On Monday 29th February 2016, Colm from Taliesin Independent Living Complex and Simon from Alberg House, set off on a two-day trip to London to participate in The Annual Culinary Ability Awards.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Minister Kathleen Lynch Welcomes the National Disability Authority’s Review Report of Regulations and Inspections in Disability Residential Services

In October 14, The National Disability Authority was asked by the Minister of State (with responsibility for Primary Care, Social Care (Disabilities & Older People) and Mental Health), Kathleen Lynch