Housing for All seeks to ‘release’ vacant homes of nursing home residents

WHO spokeswoman calls on Ireland ‘not to rush and corner all the supplies of vaccines’

Decision by Data Protection Commissioner a ‘prudent measure’, says Tadhg Daly

Private nursing homes raise ‘very serious concerns’ with Holohan about end of scheme

Industry seeks meeting and says private care homes facing cliff edge on funding

HSE advice on nursing home visits sets out clear counsel and also relaxation of rules

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

Nphet to consider changes to visiting restrictions as part of a ‘vaccine bonus’

Groups representing care homes and residents call for plan to allow visiting once more

Challenge of supporting facilities experiencing outbreaks ‘very significant’, HSE says

Visa delays for nurses from outside Europe hamper management of staff shortages

Calls for rapid vaccine rollout for non-Covid cases as more care homes battle outbreaks

Five residents at Droimnín Nursing Home in Stradbally died in less than a week

Some 3,000 residents and staff are to be vaccinated this week

Confusion surrounds apparent delay in roll-out of jabs at two Dublin facilities

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

‘Strong merit’ in vaccinating nominated visitors for safety and happiness of residents

Tens of thousands of tests carried out since July under fortnightly mass testing programme

New figures show proportion of care home deaths about a third lower than in first wave

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

Nphet to discuss increasing testing frequency to protect care homes from outbreaks

At least 45 nursing home residents have tested positive for Covid-19 in the past week

Localised alerts would help care homes avoid ‘blunt’ instrument of national restrictions

Representative group tell minister extra measures such as on-site therapies needed

Care homes managed by Brookhaven began introducing restrictions in mid-February

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

Testing of those leaving hospital stopped at peak of epidemic with patients instead told to isolate

Leo Varadkar indicates easing self-isolation rules for travel from UK could be problematic

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

Hiqa to raise concerns about care oversight shortcomings for some of State’s most vulnerable citizens

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

Home carers association ‘frustrated’ with lack of progress on testing and PPE supply

Nursing Homes Ireland says same-day Covid-19 testing would be required to reopen

Three in five Covid-19 deaths in State are associated with residential care facilities

Delays over contract negotiations stall reassignment of home-help personnel to sector

Almost 60 per cent of virus deaths associated with residential facilities and nursing homes

Operator of nursing home says if drug ‘works in hospitals why can it not be allowed in care homes?’

Neglect of nursing homes during coronavirus pandemic has had disastrous results

New figures show how State has failed to protect nursing home residents