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Nursing home complaints: Allegations of sexual assault and unexplained injuries

Aug 22nd 2019, 12:05 AM 47,510 23

#ALLEGATIONS
So far this year, 32 children have had to stay in adult mental health units and it's going to continue to happen

Jul 17th 2019, 6:00 AM 6,864 9

#MENTAL HEALTH
Ireland has third highest weekly hours of 'unpaid work' across EU

Jul 9th 2019, 1:16 PM 19,335 38

#REPORT
Just 2% of safeguarding concerns reported to HSE come from people experiencing alleged abuse

Feb 3rd 2019, 5:32 PM 6,906 9

#SAFEGUARDING
Nursing home complaints: Allegations of poor hygiene standards and staffing issues

Jan 5th 2019, 4:00 PM 21,545 23

#HIQA
Nurses are the victims in 70% of assaults in Irish hospitals

Dec 15th 2018, 7:13 PM 10,038 30

#AT RISK
Children went 'missing' from Tusla care home more than 100 times in twelve-month period

Oct 11th 2018, 2:56 PM 11,020 4

#HIQA REPORT
High Court rules detention of woman with dementia whose son threatened to kill her is lawful

Sep 7th 2018, 7:03 PM 19,177 0

#COURTS
Nursing home complaints: Staff member accused of 'physically and emotionally' abusing resident

Jul 29th 2018, 12:05 AM 25,603 40

#HIQA
‘I was homeless and in a shelter at 15’: Care leavers being forced into homelessness

Jul 14th 2018, 12:05 AM 16,243 49

#LACK OF SUPPORT
HSE launches investigation into south Dublin disability service after mistreatment allegations

Jul 2nd 2018, 12:05 AM 21,563 21

#DISABILITY CARE
'Serious concerns' over private treatment centre for people with anorexia

Jun 7th 2018, 5:18 PM 19,648 9

#LOIS BRIDGES
'It's absolutely like minding a child': Nora Owen on caring for her husband with dementia

Feb 17th 2018, 12:50 PM 32,904 43

#CARE
Child with Down Syndrome and severe autism who was abandoned at birth was 'not receiving sufficient HSE and Tusla support'

Jan 15th 2018, 6:01 AM 15,177 17

#MOLLY'S CASE
Nursing home staff member accused of 'squeezing resident's face and using abusive language'

Dec 30th 2017, 12:05 AM 34,943 52

#HIQA
Almost half of older people depressed in months before death, according to study

Dec 12th 2017, 6:00 AM 12,817 28

#END OF LIFE
Report into death of teen finds impact of separating her from younger sibling was not understood

Aug 8th 2017, 10:23 PM 20,811 27

#STATE CARE
Kerry nursing home told its system for residents' cash is 'not secure'

Aug 4th 2017, 6:00 AM 8,737 3

#KERRY
Nearly 1,500 children were taken into emergency care over four years

Jul 22nd 2017, 6:20 AM 5,365 2

#CHILDREN
'Everyone in Ireland deserves to have a good death'

Jul 7th 2017, 6:05 AM 26,085 4

#COMMON GROUND
'They simply can't afford it': Older people being priced out of nursing homes

Jul 6th 2017, 6:00 AM 19,509 13

#FAIR DEAL
Elderly couple married for 63 years separated as one is rejected for nursing home care

Jun 26th 2017, 4:31 PM 47,918 110

#FAIR DEAL
"This is a difficult case": Placement found for teenager left 'lying in hospital' for weeks

Jun 16th 2017, 6:00 PM 12,019 0

#FINDING A SOLUTION
Plight of teenager left 'lying in hospital' for weeks brought to High Court

Jun 16th 2017, 12:05 AM 24,546 0

#NOWHERE TO GO
'They're extremely loyal. Even though they've grown up with neglect they just want to go home'

Jun 10th 2017, 6:30 AM 14,439 5

#CHILDREN IN CARE
'I was afraid of my father. I thought it was normal to be afraid of adults'

May 27th 2017, 12:05 AM 34,972 19

#FOSTER CARE
'Behind each of these numbers is a child that needs help': The business of fostering in Ireland

May 21st 2017, 10:00 PM 18,294 23

#VULNERABLE CHILDREN
Over half of 16 and 17-year-olds in State care have no aftercare worker

May 21st 2017, 7:30 AM 5,940 4

#STATE CARE
Suicide, overdose, sudden infant death: Children who died while in contact with social services

May 11th 2017, 10:40 AM 7,610 9

#SOCIAL SERVICES
'I remember throwing myself on top of the coffin saying no, you can’t take her because I can’t do this again'

Apr 24th 2017, 11:40 PM 22,951 11

#PORTIUNCULA HOSPITAL
The challenges of integrating migrant children in Ireland's care

Apr 2nd 2017, 8:15 AM 8,425 13

#TUSLA
Teen who spoke about scoliosis pain on the Late Late Show will finally get her surgery today

Mar 23rd 2017, 6:01 AM 3,667 2

#MEGAN HALVEY-RYAN
Child taken into care after her mother was found passed out on New Year's Eve

Jan 4th 2017, 6:15 AM 31,423 0

#FAMILY COURT
'If we had simply accepted that ageist foster parents rule, it would still be with us'

Dec 28th 2016, 6:20 AM 16,284 9

#FOSTER CARE
'They drive you nuts and make you laugh' - Irish foster carers share their stories

Nov 19th 2016, 8:30 PM 14,472 6

#CHILDREN IN CARE
Children do better when minded by relatives and childminders rather than full-time parents, says ESRI

Nov 2nd 2016, 6:01 AM 24,127 37

#CHILDCARE
Nine months after probe promised into alleged foster care abuse - still no inquiry

Oct 20th 2016, 6:25 PM 5,767 18

#DELAYED
'My life is shattered': Social care workers speak out about vicious assaults

Sep 7th 2016, 11:36 AM 50,664 41

#WORKPLACE VIOLENCE
'Bungalow Three as we saw it then does not exist anymore' - Áras Attracta report published

Sep 6th 2016, 12:30 PM 17,172 2

#CO MAYO
Boy accused of attacking care centre staff granted bail after going missing

Aug 23rd 2016, 2:22 PM 10,178 0

#BALLYDOWD