State strives to have the elderly cared for at home

A MAJOR drive is to be launched by the State to keep more elderly people out of nursing homes.

Sat, 27 May, 2006 - 01:00
Evelyn Ring

Tánaiste and Health Minister Mary Harney is now aiming to increase the number of home care packages from 3,000 to 15,000.

She told a SIPTU conference on the care of older people in Dublin yesterday that she intends putting a huge emphasis on the benefits of supporting older people so that they could live at home.

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