
Welcome to Esker Lodge
Esker Lodge is based 5 minutes from Cavan town & provides a home away from home for 70 people. Our goal is to promote a relaxed environment where individuals can flourish & feel part of a close, caring community.
We provide a home from home in a relaxed setting with caring, courteous staff. Our values enshrine respect for the dignity, independence and privacy of everyone in Esker Lodge.
We differentiate ourselves by being forward-thinking, enabling people to contribute to the community & engage in meaningful occupation. Resident and family feedback underpins this.
We are the only private nursing home in Cavan providing independently accredited, innovative dementia specific care, in an environment developed in line with best practice dementia design principles coupled with independent quality assurance programmes.
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A Home Away From Home
We provide care to people living with varying needs including people living with dementia. Esker Lodge is the first nursing home in Ireland to be awarded the Gold Standard Accreditation Award from the University of Stirling, a centre of excellence and thought leader for dementia specific care in Europe.
Our home has been designed to offer a relaxed comfortable environment divided into two main areas, Killykeen and Dun A Ri, named after two beautiful forests in Co. Cavan. We have both single en-suite and shared en-suite bedrooms available allowing friends, couples and families to share together if this is their preference. In our home there are many comfortable spaces both private and shared available to our residents, their families and their friends to spend quality time together.
Meet Our Team

Registered Provider & Managing Director
Vicky McDwyer
Vicky is the Managing Director of Esker Lodge. Vicky has worked exclusively in care of older people since 2004 and has over 17 years’ experience in managing a nursing home. Vicky, working closely with the Director of Nursing, Binimole Santhosh, the Assistant Director of Nursing Siny Issac and varied team of dedicated professionals is actively involved in the day to day operation of the home. Vicky is the registered proprietor and has been deemed a “Fit Person” by HIQA.
In addition to an honours BA, MA and Dip. FM, Vicky has undertaken extensive training in key areas related to nursing home care and management including but not limited to Activities for the Older Person, Dementia and Person-Centred Care and Safeguarding the Vulnerable Person. Vicky is an active member of Nursing Home Ireland (NHI) and has been both regional Secretary and Director for the North East region of the organization, also representing the nursing home sector at a national level.

Director of Nursing
Binimole Santhosh
Binimole Santhosh is the Person In Charge & Director of Nursing in Esker Lodge. Bini has been in Esker Lodge for over 16 years and during that time she has worked in the roles of clinical nurse manager, registered nurse prescriber and assistant director of nursing. Bini has responsibility for the role of clinical leadership in Esker Lodge. She has substantial experience and is well placed to oversee the Esker Lodge mission “excellence in the delivery of compassionate care”. Bini works closely with Vicky, Siny Issac the Assistant Director of Nursing, Jade Arbo the Clincial Nurse Manager and Anita Brady the care coordinator to constantly review the residential care programmes, ensuring residents’ individual needs are met.
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