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Mon 02 Feb 2010'Risk' to elderly from lack of home care standards
THE LACK of national standards governing the delivery of home help and other home care services to thousands of older people across the State is putting those older people at an “unacceptable risk”, according to a new report.
Commissioned by the Irish Private Home Care Association, it says high profile adverse incidents in nursing homes and other residential care settings have led to regulation of that sector which only caters for around 5 per cent of the over-65 population.
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