# Nursing Homes

This month

September 2023

# Older People

Minister still has concerns about 'unintended consequences' of Fair Deal rental income change

Butler has concerns about the premature entries into nursing homes.

15.6k

Sep 11th 2023, 7:08 PM

Last month

August 2023

# HSE

Mobile x-ray service for older people to be expanded next year in effort to reduce ED visits

People will be able to have x-rays taken in nursing homes, community facilities or in their own home instead of having to travel to a hospital.

11.5k

Aug 30th 2023, 9:12 PM

This year

2023

# Dublin

Families call for additional funding in private Cork nursing homes, as relatives face eviction

According to the families, if the government do not intervene their family members face a real risk of eviction from the Cork nursing home.

7.2k

Jun 21st 2023, 5:10 PM

# accommodation crisis

Seven vacant nursing homes mooted for 600 refugee beds but block on converting continues

Social Democrats TD Róisín Shortall believes the Government has enabled a situation where nursing homes and the accommodation crisis are ‘pitted against each other’.

A review on the ban to stop nursing home operators from converting their facilities into emergency accommodation says a two-year obstruction should remain in place.

It leaves the departments of health and integration at loggerheads as each deals with a mounting crisis.

17.9k

Jun 2nd 2023, 3:07 PM

# Cork

'Where will mum go?' Families panic following Cork nursing home's Fair Deal exit

Sheila Healy is turning 96 next month. Her children don’t know where she will be living come her birthday.

20.0k

Jun 1st 2023, 9:00 AM

# Nursing Homes

Cork nursing home with 73 residents pulls out of Fair Deal scheme

The company that owns the nursing home said that they are aware that this will be a “shock” for residents.

19.3k

May 11th 2023, 10:50 AM

# fair deal scheme

Changes allowing nursing home residents to keep rent could see older people 'forced to move out'

‘It is not unknown for Sage Advocacy to have to support a client who has found that the locks on their home have been changed while they were in hospital or in a nursing home for a temporary period.’

19.4k

Mar 23rd 2023, 2:43 PM

# fair deal scheme

Nursing home staff question ethics of relying on large nutrition firms to assess residents

Nursing home staff said that elderly residents are being transferred to hospital to get catheters changed because it is so hard to access primary care.

19.1k

Feb 22nd 2023, 12:05 AM

# Robert Watt

Nursing home charges: Legal strategy was 'never challenged' by politicians, says top civil servant

Many medical card holders who were in long-term care between 1976 to 2005 had to pay when it should have been free.

7.2k

Feb 15th 2023, 12:43 PM

# Nursing Homes

Families of nursing home residents being charged for 'incontinence wear, bandages and therapy'

“It’s a scandal, one family paid €2,500 to a private nursing home in just over a year,” a TD said today.

15.4k

Feb 9th 2023, 5:40 PM

Voices

Opinion: Attorney General's nursing home fees report largely side-steps the actual criticisms

Máiréad Enright of the University of Birmingham examines the Attorney General’s recent report on refunds on illegal nursing home charges.

10.3k

Feb 8th 2023, 7:00 PM

# Nursing Homes

Legal strategy pursued by Govt on nursing home fees was 'sound' and 'appropriate', says AG

The Health Minister and Social Protection Minister will revert in three months with the next steps.

11.1k

Updated

Feb 7th 2023, 6:08 PM

# Cabinet

Attorney General due to deliver report to Cabinet on State’s strategy on nursing home charges

The report is expected to be published afterwards.

6.2k

Feb 7th 2023, 6:00 AM

# nursing home charges

Simon Harris suggests he received note on nursing home strategy but claims cases were 'historical'

The past week has seen the revelation that successive governments used the strategy to limit payouts to nursing home residents.

12.7k

Updated

Feb 2nd 2023, 11:15 AM

# nursing home charges

Public Accounts Committee to probe whether Government hid information about nursing home charges

The committee is meeting this afternoon to discuss the strategy.

7.2k

Updated

Feb 1st 2023, 12:53 PM

# nursing home charges

Varadkar defends controversial 'legal strategy' for limiting nursing home payouts

Opposition parties have called on the Government to release documents relating to the strategy.

The government has confirmed the legal strategy existed to block refunds to nursing home residents and that the plan was "pursued by successive governments".

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar agreed with the policy, calling it a "sound policy approach" and "legitimate legal strategy".

Wexford TD Verona Murphy told The Journal that some families who have contacted her feel "aggrieved" at the legal strategy, as they made sacrifices in order to pay for the nursing home care.

34.7k

Updated

Jan 31st 2023, 7:00 PM

# Explainer

Nursing home charges: What is the controversy about and how has the Government responded?

A 2011 memo stated that the liability from these incorrect charges could amount to €12 billion.

14.9k

Jan 31st 2023, 4:33 PM

# Nursing Homes

Calls for Government to publish records on 'secret strategy' for illegal nursing home charges

It follows a report in today’s Irish Mail on Sunday.

21.8k

Jan 29th 2023, 10:52 PM

# winter surge

Surge in viruses seen in the Mid-West as some people contract more than one virus

Public Health Mid-West said it has seen a “noticeable increase” in adults.

23.1k

Updated

Jan 10th 2023, 11:20 AM

Last year

2022

# Nursing Homes

Nursing home residents availing of Fair Deal can now keep more rental income

The Government hopes that the change will result in 8,000 homes entering the rental market.

15.7k

Nov 1st 2022, 1:20 PM

# Covid-19 bonus

Nursing Homes Ireland chief hits out at ‘incredulous’ delay in paying pandemic bonus

Issues have also arisen with paying the bonus to Defence Force and Fire Brigade paramedics who were redeployed.

13.3k

Sep 19th 2022, 7:33 PM

# Nursing Homes

Nursing home apologises after elderly woman with dementia found 3km away with facial injuries

The case, detailed in the Ombudsman 2021 report, was raised after the nursing home refused to engage with the woman’s family.

57.1k

May 25th 2022, 5:30 AM

# HIQA

Vaccination had 'significant impact' at decreasing Covid-19 cases in nursing homes

Vaccination was a major factor determining outbreaks, as well as whether a home had suffered an outbreak in the past.

4.6k

May 12th 2022, 12:24 PM

# Nursing Homes

New infection control rules for nursing homes to allow unrestricted access for support person

The new rules are set to come into place from 28 February.

16.0k

Feb 18th 2022, 7:48 PM

# Covid-19

'Old age matters': TD calls for public inquiry into nursing home deaths during Covid

Many people who died in nursing homes were not properly looked after, TD Fergus O’Dowd told the Dáil.

10.6k

Feb 2nd 2022, 5:58 PM

# Nursing Homes

New guidelines for care facilities to give unrestricted access to nominated support person

Residents should be able to choose a support person who should typically have unrestricted access to visit them.

7.1k

Feb 1st 2022, 1:50 PM

# Nursing Homes

Nursing home complaints: 'Window visits not being permitted' and other Covid concerns

The allegations are contained in documents released to The Journal under the Freedom of Information Act.

The allegations are contained in documents released to TheJournal.ie under the Freedom of Information Act.

Dozens of complaints were made throughout the year regarding issues surrounding Covid-19.

Other complaints were made over issues such as abuse allegations, building standards and staffing issues.

31.2k

Jan 4th 2022, 12:05 AM

All time

# Nursing Homes

Almost half of nursing home staff had symptoms of PTSD during the pandemic - study

Researchers found that one in seven staff reported thinking of ending their life.

9.5k

Nov 16th 2021, 2:23 PM

# state claims agency

30 cases taken against the State over Covid-19 deaths in care settings

The number of cases was released in response to a query from Aontú leader and Meath West TD Peadar Tóibín.

20.4k

Nov 14th 2021, 7:00 AM

# Healthcare

'Crisis' in nursing home sector as government slow to act on reforms, says Nursing Home Ireland

Nursing home providers are “frustrated” as they wait for progress on recommendations made by an expert panel last year.

11.0k

Aug 18th 2021, 8:22 AM

# High Court

Challenge brought over State's refusal to hold inquiry into Covid-19 deaths in nursing homes

Most of the applicants had a relative who is recorded as having died from covid19 while in a care home in Ireland.

17.5k

Jul 26th 2021, 7:18 PM

# Nursing Homes

Nursing homes: No time limits and routine visits won't need to be scheduled from 19 July

The Department of Health issued the new guidance today.

14.1k

Jul 9th 2021, 1:07 PM

# pandemic

'Just ignore the bell': Whistleblowers raise concerns about patient care in nursing homes

In some homes Covid-positive and Covid-negative residents were placed in the same areas, Prime Time reported tonight.

32.4k

Jul 1st 2021, 10:00 PM

# Nursing Homes

Hiqa report reveals some main factors behind Covid-19 outbreaks in nursing homes

Community incidence rates near homes and the number of beds within homes were among the factors.

13.3k

May 26th 2021, 11:34 AM

# Ombudsman

Many under 65s in nursing homes have 'wasted lives' with limited options, report finds

The Ombudsman investigated the placement of younger people in nursing homes.

17.4k

May 5th 2021, 8:05 AM

# weekly visits

Nursing home visits to increase to four per week from 4 May

This applies to all long-term residential care facilities.

14.3k

Apr 22nd 2021, 11:07 PM

# Visiting

'Huge step in the right direction': Nursing home residents allowed two visits per week from today

New guidance on nursing home visits has taken effect.

10.6k

Mar 22nd 2021, 12:33 PM

# Nursing Homes

Nursing home residents allowed two visits per week from 22 March

There will be no requirement to limit these visits to under an hour.

23.1k

Mar 11th 2021, 6:09 PM

# Vaccination

Serial Covid-19 testing in nursing homes showing positivity rate of just 0.2%, Reid says

As of Saturday evening, there were 523,069 vaccine doses administered across the country.

11.8k

Mar 10th 2021, 7:47 AM

# The North

More than half a million people in NI have now received first dose of Covid-19 vaccine

The drive to administer first and second doses of vaccines across the North’s care homes has been completed.

10.0k

Feb 26th 2021, 8:05 PM