THE HSE has “no idea” how many private firms are providing a private home care service to the elderly because they are not registered or supervised, it has been claimed.

ALMOST a year after disputing a report of “large scale inefficiencies and a complete absence of regulation” in home care for the elderly, the HSE is finally to begin a review into the standard of care being provided to 65,000 people looked after in their own homes.

State-run home care for the elderly suffers from large-scale inefficiencies and a complete absence of regulation, it was claimed today.

THE Health Service Executive is losing €80 million a year caring for elderly people at home because of large-scale inefficiencies and a complete lack of regulation, a report has claimed.