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# Nursing Homes

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Nursing home complaints: Allegations of poor hygiene standards and staffing issues
Government wants building of old age retirement villages to begin by November 2019
Delayed discharges are leading to infections, falls and overcrowding
'A removal of stress and worry' - Fair Deal scheme to be extended to farms and family businesses
Ireland spends €20 billion per year on healthcare, here's where the money goes
'Somebody needs to shout stop': HSE nursing homes cost a lot more to run than private ones
Demand for every kind of health service in Ireland is set to go through the roof in the next 13 years
Growing old in Ireland: 'If you want support, you're going to have to pay for it'
'I was told it'd only be for four weeks': Ireland's older people describe life in a nursing home
Farmers aren't happy that the Fair Deal scheme's 'discriminatory measures' might be here to stay
'They simply can't afford it': Older people being priced out of nursing homes
We need compassion as a priority in how we care for people like Michael and Kathleen
One-fifth of Irish people have witnessed poor care for the elderly
'It's too blunt': Concerns around adding home care to Fair Deal scheme
'A Fair Deal it may be, a cheap deal it sure isn't' - the trauma of putting a relative into care
Elderly care patient discovered 'lying on the bedroom floor covered in urine and faeces'
'At the moment it's just horrendous out there': The challenges facing Ireland's carers
Nursing home staff used "foul and abusive language" to intimidate and threaten people
Social workers 'waiting for people to die' to get elderly clients the care they need
Nursing home residents abused and 'left short of food as staff ate it'
The pricing model for nursing home beds slammed as 'not fit for purpose'
Irish pensioners made to choose between heat and food need extra €5 a week
This 105-year-old Dublin woman told us her secrets to a long and healthy life
Why are we forcing the elderly out of their homes?
State accused of covering up cost of nursing homes
HSE moving some patients to nursing homes to free up beds
700 complaints about nursing and care home staff passed to gardaí
Nursing home waiting lists are 'spiralling out of control'
Dignity of elderly compromised after being transported down corridors on commodes
Elderly people 'left languishing' on nursing home waiting list
There is only one respite bed per 450 people with dementia in Ireland
Over 4,000 nursing home residents were seriously injured in 2013
'Not enough nursing home beds to meet demand and it's only going to get worse'
Dutch asked to volunteer so ageing relatives get care
Nursing homes body says there are over 250 jobs available in the sector
Nursing home owners to start knocking on politicians' doors over 'crisis in care'
National plan to save €721 million published by HSE
HIQA closes a total of 11 nursing homes over two years
ALONE: "Grave concerns" about issues at private nursing homes