Organisation: Home and Community Care Ireland

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

<p>Joseph Musgrave (right) said citizens of some non-EU countries need to also apply for a visa, saying “the visa takes around 20 weeks to process” separately. File picture: Naoise Culhane</p>

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Only 65 non-EU homecare workers take up 1,000 available permits

Applicants were from 14 countries including Brazil, The Philippines, Sri Lanka, Cameroon and India

<p>Michael Harty, founder of Homecare Direct. Picture: Conor McCabe Photography</p>

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More than 6,000 people languishing on homecare waiting lists

<p>George Finglas, 86, with his home carer Jamie Egan. Picture: Naoise Culhane</p>

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More than 6,000 older people are waiting for a carer

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Carer shortage leaves almost 1,000 people in Cork and Kerry without homecare

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South-East has highest number of elderly waiting for homecare

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Up to 15,000 carers still waiting to receive €1k pandemic bonus

Happy daughter and understanding supportive senior mother sitting on sofa and talking

Carers call for an end to unequal access to home care

Home Care Providers Alliance say that access to care can depend on an 'arbitrary Eircode lottery'

Fri, 25 Mar, 2022

Pensioners could be asked to pay €5 an hour towards homecare

ESRI says user contributions could be designed to protect those on lower incomes — but Age Action raises concerns that such a funding model must not take away people's capacity for independent living

Thu, 24 Feb, 2022

Oireachtas committee to hear of 'acute' recruitment crisis in homecare services

Current agreements between the HSE and private providers are said to be not enough for wage increases to make the sector more attractive for staff

Tue, 08 Feb, 2022

Caring isn't a career that you ‘sell’ but a calling to be nurtured

Ireland needs to incorporate new technologies that assist the traditional home care model and bring acute hospital care closer to the home

Thu, 25 Feb, 2021

HSE ask Home supports providers to categorise clients 'by need'

Top priority will be given to clients with “significant care needs or an inability to remain at home safely” without HSE support.

Fri, 20 Mar, 2020

'People will die in their own homes', says campaigner for elderly as over 6,000 on waiting list for home support

Paddy O’Brien, one of the country’s foremost crusaders on behalf of the elderly, said the difficulties people are experiencing accessing home help are “worse now” than he has ever seen.

Fri, 14 Jun, 2019

Call for overhaul of how HSE awards home help contracts

The head of the organisation that represents private home care providers has called for an overhaul of the way the HSE awards care package contracts to companies that look after the elderly in their homes.

Tue, 04 Jun, 2019

Fair Deal extension will prove ‘very difficult’

Age Action says it is difficult to see how the Fair Deal scheme can be extended to include home care.

Tue, 16 Aug, 2016

Tax relief for elderly care will have ‘little effect’

New Government tax relief measures to help families care for elderly relatives at home will do little to cut waiting lists, it has been claimed.

Wed, 19 Nov, 2014

Elderly ‘marooned’ in hospitals due to absence of step-down facilities

Hundreds of elderly people risk being “marooned” in public hospitals this Easter due to a long-term lack of step-down facilities which costs the State over half a million euro nightly.

Sat, 19 Apr, 2014

Delayed discharges - Cost over patient care?

With an overnight in hospital now costing more than a room at a five-star hotel, delayed discharges are draining the country’s ailing health service of money it can ill afford, according to Home and Community Care Ireland, which represents private home care organisations.

Thu, 29 Aug, 2013

Delayed hospital discharges cost €500k a night

Delayed discharges are costing the health service over €500,000 a night.

Thu, 29 Aug, 2013