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Dear Member, Further to communication regarding updating of “COVID-19 Guidance on Visitations to Long Term Residential Care Facilities”, listen here to interview...

1st December 2020: Nursing Homes Ireland welcomes the publication of revised public health guidance for nursing home visits, published today...

5th November 2020: Nursing Homes Ireland has welcomed changes to the Temporary Assistance Payment Scheme, with associated costs for isolation...

3rd November 2020: A national campaign acknowledging the excellent supported provided by communities to nursing homes during Covid19 has launched....

INTERVIEW WITH INA, NURSING HOME MANAGER Q: HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN WORKING HERE? I have worked in Sonas Riverview...

INTERVIEW WITH MARTIN, NURSING HOME RESIDENT Q: HOW LONG HAVE YOU LIVED HERE MARTIN? I here for a year. Lovely...

YOUNG AND OLD CARING TOGETHER  This beautiful story is set in Central Park Nursing Home, Ballinsloe, Co Galway. During Covid...

MEET FRANK Interview with Frank and Jennifer. Frank’s wife Beryl is a Nursing Home Resident at Sonas Riverview Nursing Home...

A SURPRISE DELIVERY OF A BUNCH OF LOVE FOR EVERY RESIDENT  Image: Flowers received for every nursing home resident from...

CARING FOR SEÁN ON THE HEART-BREAKING PASSING OF HIS WIFE Image: Mary Leahy, Director of Nursing together with Sean Donovan...

GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND TO CARE TOGETHER  Unfortunately, Covid came to Loughshinny Residential Home in Skerries, Co Dublin. Claire Guinan...

COMING TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE 100 YEARS OF LIFE  Margaret is a resident at Ferbane Care Centre, Co Offaly. Birthdays are...

23rd October 2020: Nursing Homes Ireland today states enhanced access for nursing home residents to geriatricians and allied health services...

9th October 2020: Nursing Homes Ireland acknowledges publication today of the Oireachtas Special Committee on Covid-19 Final Report. It again presents that...

25th September 2020: Nursing Homes Ireland has reiterated its call on Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly to stop the HSE targeting staff...

24th September 2020: Tadhg Daly, NHI CEO comments: “We are calling upon the Minister for Health and the HSE to...

Thursday, 10 September, 2020: The requirement to redevelop the model of nursing home care in Ireland and to take lessons from...

3rd September 2020: Nursing Homes Ireland has urged people visiting nursing homes to maintain heightened vigilance with an increase being...

Implementation of report findings must become Government priority   19th August 2020: Nursing Homes Ireland (NHI) has stated the COVID19...

10th August 2020: Nursing Homes Ireland (NHI) notes publication by the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General of its...

3rd August 2020: Nursing Homes Ireland has said the Government and the Minister for Health should seek an answer from...

31ST July 2020: Nursing Homes Ireland notes publication of an interim report by the Oireachtas Special Committee on Covid-19 Response....

Integration and clinical partnerships with nursing homes must become Government priority to complement heroic staff 21st July 2020: Speaking following...

Tuesday 14th July 2020: Integration between community medical and healthcare professionals and nursing homes must be prioritised by the Government, new...

Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly TD has today (Tuesday) announced an extension to the COVID-19 Temporary Assistance Payment Scheme. Over...

30th June 2020: Nursing Homes Ireland welcomes Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly announcement the Temporary Assistance Payment Scheme to support...

28th June 2020: Nursing Homes Ireland (NHI) welcomes the appointment of Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly and his commitment to...

We are contacting you to request your participation in a project, known as ERiC (Engaging Remotely in Care), conducted by...

Tadhg Daly CEO NHI states: “We welcome the announcement of phased reintroduction of visiting to nursing homes from Monday June...

26th May 2020 Mr Chairman and Committee Members, thank you for the opportunity to address you today. I am joined...

Enhanced community supports must become reality post Covid-19 12th May 2020: On International Nurses Day, NHI has heralded the pivotal...

8th May 2020: Many private and voluntary nursing homes are under immense staffing strain because of Covid-19, a new NHI...

5th May 2020: Nursing Homes Ireland today welcomed comments by An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar for enhanced planning for the care...

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NHI warns promised redeployment of staff not presenting on the ground and staff urgently required 23rd April 2020: Nursing Homes...

Statement by Tadhg Daly, CEO Nursing Homes Ireland 19th April 2020:  Almost a month ago, on March 20th, we wrote...

Disregard for reality of care required for nursing homes an insult to older people 18th April 2020:  Nursing Homes Ireland...

With nearly half of all who have died from Covid-19 having been residents of nursing home, what more can be...

Our CEO Tadhg Daly took time out from his busy schedule to speak about Covid-19 challenges presenting & measures being...

4th April 2020: Tadhg Daly, NHI CEO states: “We appreciate and welcome the financial support scheme announced today by the...

Minister for Health Simon Harris, T.D., has today announced further measures to support nursing homes residents in the context of...

30th March 2020: Nursing Homes Ireland met today with Minister for Health Simon Harris and his officials.  In the one-hour-plus meeting, NHI...

Sector disappointed Minister for Health hasn’t met it despite numerous requests over four weeks 25th March 2020: Nursing Homes Ireland...

23rd March 2020: Nursing Homes Ireland has today launched Comfort Words, a national initiative encouraging children to reach out to...

Watch RTE report informing of facetime engagement that is now a constant within our nursing homes. Ailbhe Connelly, RTE’s Social...

Potential offered by nursing homes to provide rewarding employment On St Patrick’s Day, Nursing Homes Ireland has appealed to people...

Visitor Restrictions announced by Nursing Homes Ireland 6th March 2020: For the protection of nursing home residents, NHI has confirmed...

We remind our engagement with the Department of Health and HSE with regard to COVID-19 is daily. We will continue...

Nursing Homes Ireland has tonight, 27th February, accused the HSE of trying to bury the amount it pays pubic nursing...