Age Action: Patients being abused

CONCERN has been voiced about ongoing conditions in nursing homes after details emerged about the large number of complaints being made and upheld against nursing homes across the Republic.

Age Action Ireland said it believed patients were still being abused in Irish nursing homes three years after the controversy surrounding the treatment of patients at the former Leas Cross nursing home in Dublin.

It followed confirmation by the HSE and gardaí that two separate investigations have begun into the recent death of a pensioner at the Falcarragh Community Hospital in Co Donegal.