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Tue 07 Jul 2010Beyond caring
HSE cutbacks are putting community health services under strain, causing widespread anguish, not just for the most vulnerable citizens of the State but also for those caring for them at home, writes MARESE McDONAGH
INCONTINENCE PADS are being rationed, there are plans to put home helps on a stopwatch when showering elderly clients, and parents are fretting because some public health nurses are too stretched to carry out infant developmental checks.
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