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Scheme to support nursing homes completely ill fit for purpose
Monday November 7, 2022NHI to host EGM with cost crisis not addressed by Government 7th November 2022: Nursing Homes Ireland is to host an …
Read More Unsustainable nursing home sector gives problems for hospital discharges
Monday October 24, 20224th October 2022: Commenting on 600+ people waiting on a hospital bed, Nursing Homes Ireland CEO Tadhg Daly states: “It is …
Read More Thousands of Nursing Home Staff Call for Pandemic Payment to be Expedited
Tuesday October 11, 202211th October 2022: Over 2,000 letters from private and voluntary nursing home staff across the country are being delivered to the …
Read More Pandemic Payment: Unacceptable treatment of Covid-19 workers must end soon
Monday September 19, 2022Eight months since promise made to pay €1,000 19th September 2022: Nursing Homes Ireland and the Alliance of Healthcare Assistants …
Read More Five Nations Care Forum Statement on Social Care Energy Crisis
Thursday September 8, 2022Intervention is required to prevent the collapse of social care from rising energy costs. The Five Nations Care Forum, which …
Read More More smaller nursing homes set to close as rising costs and ‘Fair Deal’ disparity takes hold – author of Nursing Homes Ireland/BDO report
Monday September 5, 2022Findings of report also reveal: Donegal has lowest fair deal rate – up to €859,040 less than Dublin per annum …
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NHI Members: Win An Award Winning Tovertafel Activity Table Worth €10,000
Tuesday August 30, 2022As part of Nursing Homes Week 2022 celebrations, we are delighted to announce that Homecare Medical are offering NHI Members …
Read More Government needs to act on regulator warning re closure of smaller nursing homes
Thursday August 11, 202211th August 2022: Nursing Homes Ireland (NHI) has called on the Government to act urgently in addressing the regulator HIQA’s …
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Nursing Homes Week 2022
Wednesday August 3, 2022Following a two-year absence due to Covid19, Nursing Homes Week returns to communities across Ireland. Nursing homes in our …
Read More NHI partners with Alone for Digital Programme
Tuesday June 14, 2022NHI has partnered with ALONE, the national charity supporting older people, to offer free Digital Champion workshops for nursing home …
Read More NHI calls on Government to fulfil commitment and ensure immediate issuing of pandemic payment to frontline staff
Friday May 27, 202227th May 2022: Tadhg Daly, NHI CEO comments: “Five months on from its announcement, confusion and unwarranted delay still presents …
Read More Nursing homes across Ireland celebrate the arts with events and exhibitions
Friday May 20, 2022“When we first met back in February to brainstorm ideas to enter the National Arts in the Nursing Homes Day …
Read More Art exhibitions to take place in nursing homes across the country
Thursday May 19, 202219th May 2022: The artistic and creative talents of hundreds of nursing home residents across the country will be celebrated through the …
Read More Innovative apprenticeship programme for healthcare assistants launched by Minister Harris
Friday May 13, 202213th May 2022: A new and innovative apprenticeship programme that will advance the role of healthcare assistant for care of …
Read More Innovative apprenticeship programme for healthcare assistants to be launched by Minister Harris
Thursday May 12, 2022Innovative apprenticeship programme for healthcare assistants to be launched by Minister Harris 12th May 2022: A new and innovative apprenticeship …
Read More NHI welcomes NIAC decision on second booster
Wednesday April 6, 20226th April 2022: Nursing Homes Ireland has welcomed NIAC recommendation for rollout of a second booster vaccination for persons aged …
Read More Nursing home residents & staff to participate in Reflections broadcast
Wednesday March 16, 202216th March 2022: Reflections is a very special broadcast featuring nursing home residents and staff that will air this coming …
Read More Visitors to nursing homes encouraged to wear facemasks
Friday February 25, 202225th February 2022: Nursing Homes Ireland is encouraging all nursing home visitors to wear facemasks against the backdrop of a …
Read More 1 in 5 directors of nursing plan to leave role after COVID-19, study finds
Wednesday February 9, 2022One in five (19%) directors of nursing in Irish residential care homes are actively planning to leave their posts while …
Read More NHI welcomes revised guidance to normalizing nursing home visitations
Tuesday February 1, 20221st February 2022: Nursing Homes Ireland (NHI) welcomes revised visitation guidance published by the HPSC / HSE to further ease …
Read More Bonus payment for nursing home workers welcomed by NHI
Wednesday January 19, 202219th January 2022: Nursing Homes Ireland (NHI) welcomes Government announcement that Covid19 frontline healthcare workers will receive a €1,000, tax-free …
Read More Nursing home staffing emergency will have consequences for health & social care
Monday January 17, 2022Failure by State to address Expert Panel staffing recommendation propelling crisis 17th January 2022: There is requirement for urgent action …
Read More Covid19 Staffing Pressures in Nursing Homes
Friday January 7, 20227th January 2022: An average 8% of staff in nursing homes are unavailable due to Covid19, an NHI survey informs. …
Read More 2022 presents ominous outlook for nursing home sector
Thursday December 30, 202130th December 2021: Moving into 2022, Nursing Homes Ireland has expressed concerns the provision of nursing home care will become …
Read More Discrimination in funding of nursing home care laid bare by Department of Health analysis
Tuesday December 21, 2021Requirement for Government to take immediate action to redress discrimination 21st December 2021: There is requirement for Government to take …
Read More NHI comment: Extension of TAPS Outbreak Assistance Payment
Thursday December 16, 202116th December 2021: Tadhg Daly, NHI CEO comments: “While extension of the Outbreak Assistance Payment to March 2022 is welcome, …
Read More Hugely important research highlights mental health impact of Covid19 on nursing home staff
Tuesday November 16, 202116th November 2021: Nursing Homes Ireland comment on Nursing home staff mental health during the Covid-19 pandemic in the Republic …
Read More Booster vaccination welcome & need now for timely rollout
Monday November 1, 20211st November 2021: Nursing Homes Ireland today welcomed the decision by the National Immunisation Advisory Committee to give approval to …
Read More Health Budget 2022: Critical need to resource Expert Panel recommendations on the ground ignored
Thursday October 14, 202114th October 2021: Nursing Homes Ireland (NHI) has accused the Government of ignoring its responsibility to resource the Covid19 Nursing …
Read More Five Nations Care Forum Communiqué 11 October 2021
Monday October 11, 2021Leaders of care associations in England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland met in London on 4 …
Read More Gross inequality and non-transparency in funding of nursing home care continues to be applied by the State
Sunday October 3, 2021€57 million/€12k per resident given to HSE nursing homes to offset reduced capacity while Value for Money Review remains concealed …
Read More Booster vaccination welcome: rollout must be expedited
Wednesday September 8, 20218th September 2021: Nursing Homes Ireland welcomes announcement by Government today regarding NIAC recommendation for Covid19 booster vaccine to be …
Read More Expedition of Covid19 booster vaccine to nursing home residents must be prioritised
Wednesday August 25, 202125th August 2021: NHI has urged Government to expedite the roll out of the Covid19 booster vaccine to nursing home …
Read More Government stalls in implementing structural reform as Covid Expert Panel recommendations mark one year
Wednesday August 18, 2021Recommendations to achieve fundamental, long-standing reform left stagnant Nursing Homes Ireland has expressed huge disappointment key structural reforms to ensure …
Read More Further warning of requirement for fit-for-purpose Fair Deal scheme
Sunday August 8, 20218th August 2021: Nursing Homes Ireland has called on Minister of State for Older People Mary Butler to make an immediate …
Read More ESRI Analysis warns Government of immediate impetus to drive sustainability in older person and nursing home care
Wednesday July 28, 202128th July 2021: Speaking regarding publication by the ESRI of the Projections of Expenditure for Primary, Community and Long-Term Care in …
Read More An open letter to all TDs and Senators – Cessation of IPC funding supports for nursing homes
Wednesday June 30, 2021Dear Oireachtas Member, At the beginning of this pandemic, Nursing Homes Ireland had to call out the inadequacy of Government …
Read More Cabinet needs to focus on nursing homes as Ireland now out of step on support for infection control measures
Monday June 28, 2021UK commits additional funding yet support to cease in Ireland this coming week 28th June 2021: Nursing Homes Ireland has …
Read More Clarity from Government & NPHET missing as intensified infection supports for nursing home care to cease this week
Sunday June 27, 202127th June 2021: Nursing Homes Ireland has reiterated call for clarity from Government as vital funding support that has supported …
Read More State sending mixed messages re Covid19
Thursday June 17, 202117th June 2021: Nursing Homes Ireland today said the State is sending entirely mixed messaging regarding Covid19. Tadhg Daly, NHI …
Read More Clarity sought from NPHET & Government re IPC measures in nursing homes as support withdrawn
Friday June 11, 202111th June 2021: Nursing Homes Ireland (NHI) has described the decision by Government to cease funding supports for intensified Infection …
Read More Government sneaks out two-year-old Review at 5pm on Friday of a Bank Holiday Weekend without a Ministerial statement; NHI says Report is a Whitewash
Saturday June 5, 2021Government plan for ‘review of Varadkar review’ is failing people requiring nursing home care’ and utterly contemptible, ignoring regulator warnings …
Read More Nursing Homes write to Taoiseach to warn of cliff edge in sector
Wednesday June 2, 2021Scheme supporting Expert Panel & public health recommendations pulled by State 2nd June 2021: Nursing Homes Ireland has written to the …
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Bealtaine Festival brings arts celebrations to nursing homes this Friday
Thursday May 20, 2021Nursing homes will be celebrating the creative talents of residents this coming Friday, 21st May, through the inaugural National Arts …
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Nursing home residents to participate in Bealtaine celebrations
Thursday May 13, 2021Age & Opportunity’s Bealtaine Festival, in partnership with Nursing Homes Ireland invites care homes and day care settings around Ireland …
Read More Disappointing Sláintecare plan overlooks nursing home residents
Wednesday May 12, 202112th May 2021: Nursing Homes Ireland (NHI) has said it is extremely disappointing and remiss of the latest Sláintecare plan …
Read More Major funding deficits leading to regional disparities, pandemic related infection control challenges and closures of smaller homes – BDO/Nursing Homes Ireland Survey
Wednesday April 28, 2021Survey shows 75% growth in number of beds over past two-decades, but viability of many smaller homes now threatened due …
Read More Rapid testing in nursing homes recommendation requires timely deployment
Thursday April 1, 20211st April 2021: NHI welcomes Report of the COVID-19 Rapid Testing Group and its recommendation regarding the deployment of rapid …
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