Elderly support group vows to monitor nursing home standards

AGE Action is in discussion with a number of private companies to help set up visiting committees that would monitor standards of care in nursing homes.

One team would be dedicated to one home and would rely on volunteers, in a similar manner to the neighbourhood watch scheme.

Reacting to the critical inspections — highlighted in the Irish Examiner — of conditions in several facilities nationwide, the elderly support group said it was disturbed by the failures uncovered.