Funding for elderly people in care ‘is inequitable’

THE funding system for elderly people in care is inequitable and unjust, the Irish Nursing Homes Organisation (INHO) said yesterday.

The INHO accused the Government of presiding over the unfair treatment of pensioners with many being discriminated against on the basis of where they live.

It said the level of State funding for patients varies in different areas and claimed there were huge variations in the way the rules are applied in regions of the HSE.