The new guidance will come into effect on 19 July. Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has welcomed the publication of the new guidance on visits to nursing homes during the pandemic. The guidance from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC), called Covid-19: Normalising Visiting in Long Term Residential Care Facilities (LTRCFs), will come into effect […]

5 years ago

“I don’t believe it was adequately prepared.” Micheál Martin has said that the country will need to be more prepared to deal with Covid-19 in nursing homes, in the event of a second wave. In the Dáil on Tuesday, Martin faced his first official questions as Taoiseach, where Social Democrats co-leader Catherine Murphy asked whether nursing […]

6 years ago

“The dismay will live forever with us.” Tadhg Daly, CEO of Nursing Homes Ireland, has told the Special Oireachtas Committee on Ireland’s Covid-19 response that key state organisations left nursing homes and residents isolated at the early stages of the pandemic. The Committee is sitting today in three two-hour sessions, with the first two focusing on […]

6 years ago

“This is in light of the expected ongoing COVID-19 risk and impact for nursing homes over the next 6-18 months.” Minister for Health Simon Harris announced today (23 May) that Ireland would finally establish a COVID-19 Nursing Home Expert Panel. 62% of Ireland’s Covid-19 deaths have come in nursing homes, a figure surpassed on the […]

6 years ago

“These patients need to be looked after.” The HSE has announced that many of its nurses, physios and occupational therapists have volunteered to work in private nursing facilities to ease the effects of the Covid-19 crisis. Speaking on RTÉ Radio One on Wednesday morning, Tony Fitzpatrick, Director of Industrial Relations with the Irish Nurses and Midwives […]

6 years ago