Nursing Homes Ireland

Residents to be allowed two visits per week on compassionate grounds from March 22nd

Draft HSE timeline suggests 70,000 residents and staff will be vaccinated within six weeks

Fresh guidelines for sector hit hard by Covid-19 outbreaks due for Christmas period

Concerns over nursing home staff levels as winter approaches and infections increase

Sector plans to reopen to visitors from Monday following closure since mid-March

Timeline suggests that it took more than a month for a specific plan to be put in place

Nursing home body says voice of the sector ‘wasn’t heard’ at the start of pandemic

The number of cases in meat plants has increased by more than 300 to 828

Dealgan House nursing home has had 23 deaths during a serious coronavirus outbreak

NPHET develops enhanced policies aimed at preventing spread in nursing homes

Sector to seek financial support as nine clusters of Covid-19 found in nursing homes

Government urged to lift curbs on recruiting healthcare assistants from outside EU

Restrictions apply to 400 private and voluntary homes across Ireland

Hospitals remain under intense strain as emergency department crisis continues

Private nursing home beds left empty due to ‘disconnect’ with hospitals, say owners

Nursing Homes Ireland urges patients be discharged to its members’ care facilities

Case study: after she fell, Kay’s family found a residential place for her but she got bored

We ask stakeholders in the health system to look ahead to the next 12 months

DDFH&B nurse home radio adverts put focus on positive staff role

Tony O’Brien’s comments come as more than 600 on trolleys in emergency units

Shortfall of 4,200 nursing home beds by 2016

Irish Cancer Society and Irish Heart Foundation at Oireachtas committee

The threatened sustainability of nursing homes has brought calls for a forum on long-term residential care

Report said most publicly run facilities would not meet standards to apply from 2015