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# Care

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# Children in Care
Parents agree to allow disabled children stay in care
The judge said that the parents had the capacity to love their boys, but not the capacity to bring them up.
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Oct 6th 2014, 12:05 PM
# Children in Care
Five children taken into care after abuse allegations
The judge said that the children “lived in a bad place with bad people”.
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Oct 6th 2014, 10:37 AM
# Children in Care
Court rules home extension be built so 'inseparable' siblings in care could stay together
The case is outlined in the lastest volume of the Child Care Law Reporting Project.
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Oct 6th 2014, 6:15 AM
# homeless ireland
Homeless teens: 'Coming out of care, they don't know how to clean, how to wash'
Cork Foyer looks after young people aged 18 – 25.
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Oct 2nd 2014, 5:00 PM
# homeless ireland
These experts say giving someone a home isn't a 'solution' to homelessness
We speak to people working in Cork Simon and Sophia Housing, and find out the issue is much more complex than it might appear.
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Oct 2nd 2014, 10:30 AM
# family courts series
A Week in the Family Court: 'There needs to be intervention before we reach crisis point'
TheJournal.ie spent a week observing cases in the Family Court. Here’s what the people working in child protection think needs to be done.
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Sep 16th 2014, 10:59 PM
# Missing
113 children in State care went missing in the first six months of 2014
All of the children were returned to their families.
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Sep 15th 2014, 5:22 PM
# Childcare
There were 6,500 children in care at the end of May
The majority were in foster care.
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Aug 26th 2014, 4:49 PM
# type 1
Parents say full time consultant needed at Limerick hospital for children with diabetes
The locum full time consultant post at the University Hospital Limerick is being replaced with a half time position.
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Jul 31st 2014, 6:30 AM
# Stillbirth
Urgent need for bereavement training for chaplains in maternity hospitals
The UCC report states the care provided to families following the death of a baby influences their grief journey and plays a key part in their overall recovery.
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Jul 23rd 2014, 7:00 AM
Voices
Opinion: We have made no preparations for our ageing population
Ireland’s population is growing older and living longer – and the reality is we are not prepared for the fallout.
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Jul 20th 2014, 8:30 AM
# Children in Care
Teen who died 'allowed remain too long' in home where drug use was the norm
Nicholas was just 17 when he died due to misuse of drugs.
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Jul 16th 2014, 12:16 PM
# end of life care
'It is the right of every person to die in comfort and dignity'
The Health and Children Committee launched a report on end-of-life care based on submissions from stakeholders, experts and the public.
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Jul 15th 2014, 7:45 AM
# call to action
We're worth €4 billion and we want action on water charges & respite payments --- Carers
Carers provide services worth the equivalent of one third of the annual cost of the HSE, they say. Here’s what they want to happen in this October’s Budget…
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Jul 2nd 2014, 11:24 AM
# Protest
Psychiatric patient assaults staff, but has to be kept in unsuitable ward
This is one of the issues that psychiatric nurses are concerned about – nurses in Galway are to protest on Thursday.
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Jul 1st 2014, 10:34 AM
# Care
Inspections on children's disability services finds majority provide good quality care
Non compliance was found in some areas relating to hazard identification and risk assessment.
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Jun 27th 2014, 2:42 PM
# homeless crisis
'If it wasn’t for friends, I’d literally be on the streets'
EPIC has warned that young care leavers are at an increased risk of homelessness.
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Jun 16th 2014, 6:06 PM
# Hospice
New palliative care unit in Kilkenny announced by Susie Long Hospice Fund
The fund want to continue working towards a 12 bed unit.
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May 21st 2014, 5:59 PM
# Nursing Homes
Over 4,000 nursing home residents were seriously injured in 2013
Age Action says that number is ‘concerning’.
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May 6th 2014, 7:34 PM
# Road Closure
Newland's Cross submerged in water due to burst water mains causes traffic chaos
Access to Newlands Cross from the Belgard Road and the Fonthill Road is back and the traffic lights are working.
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Apr 27th 2014, 7:50 PM
# Care
Unsuitable treatment for children in mental health units
The structure of one ward was described as “not suitable for residents”.
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Apr 23rd 2014, 3:43 PM
# drug users
Ireland has 9,615 methadone users but care plans needed to get them drug-free
The HSE said that 500 people were on methadone for more than 10 years.
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Apr 22nd 2014, 7:15 AM
# Rehabilitation
"It's agony": Pádraig is in a coma - his family say Ireland's healthcare system has failed him
Pádraig Schaler is in a coma in a German hospital, as his family say he was not getting the care he needed in Ireland.
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Apr 6th 2014, 8:15 AM
# childminders
Upgrades to childcare facilities on the way under €2.5m investment fund
A further €500,000 will go towards parent and toddler groups and childminders.
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Apr 4th 2014, 6:57 PM
# Audit
HIQA report finds internal doors in disability care unit locked
The audit report on the Stewarts centre is just one of 12 published today into designated centres providing care for children, dependent people and people with disabilities
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Apr 3rd 2014, 7:33 PM
# Bethany Home
Children died of malnutrition, syphilis, heart failure at mother and baby home
The children were extremely young, with some dying from syphilis, convulsions, heart failure and malnutrition.
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Apr 2nd 2014, 11:24 PM
# Support
New project to help older people stay living in their homes
The project is being introduced in five areas across Ireland.
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Mar 19th 2014, 10:35 AM
# Health
Community-based schizophrenia treatment in low income countries better than facility care
A study looking at India found those that had community care had reduced psychotic symptoms.
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Mar 5th 2014, 9:59 AM
# Frances Fitzgerald
Legislation published to place 'duty' on Child and Family Agency to provide aftercare
It follows a HSE report late last year that highlighted a number of incidents where young adults died after leaving statutory care.
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Feb 25th 2014, 10:32 PM
# Mental Health
Protest held at Ballinasloe psychiatric unit over removal of beds
It is reported that up to 150 people attended the protest, and that an agreement was made over the removal of five beds.
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Feb 18th 2014, 10:15 PM
# India
€3.4m funding from Gorta gives new hope to disabled youth in India
The Irish people have been thanked for their generosity in helping to establish a pioneering care centre for mentally and physically challenged children in rural India.
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Dec 15th 2013, 11:00 AM
# Foster Care
Five foster families are caring for children despite having their application rejected
The report added that standards of aftercare was also poor in some cases and that the uptake of training was poor.
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Nov 29th 2013, 8:05 AM
# Care Services
HIQA takes over regulation of residential disability services
For the first time, respite, residential and voluntary services will be independently inspected.
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Nov 1st 2013, 12:20 PM
# up to speed
Catch-up Wednesday: 3 midweek longreads
Get up to speed with the latest news, opinions and insights with our hand-picked indepth reads.
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Oct 23rd 2013, 8:30 PM
# Courts
Project gives fascinating - and shocking - look into Ireland's child care system
The Child Care Law Reporting Project will publish its third volume of reports tomorrow.
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Oct 22nd 2013, 10:00 PM
# savita
Damning Savita report details litany of hospital care failures
A report from HIQA details the care received by Savita Halappanavar at University Hospital Galway in October 2012.
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Oct 9th 2013, 10:58 PM
# HIQA
HSE to close children's unit following inspection
A report by HIQA found that a Monaghan care unit did not have adequate fire safety procedures in place, leading to a decision to close it.
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Oct 8th 2013, 12:31 PM
# staffing levels
The majority of mental health staffing posts have been filled, says minister
Minister James Reilly said many of this year’s applicants are in the final stages of the recruitment process.
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Sep 20th 2013, 12:36 PM
# Healthcare
Perinatal centre that aims to improve care of pregnant mothers and babies to open in Cork
This new centre will focus on developing screening and diagnostic tests for monitoring pregnancy and newborns.
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Sep 20th 2013, 8:36 AM
# HIQA
Patients at infection risk due to poor hand-hygiene
HIQA has found that a number of hospitals, including St. James in Dublin, are falling below required hand-hygiene standards.
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Sep 19th 2013, 2:45 PM
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