Special needs accommodation cuts ‘will hurt elderly’

OLDER people will be badly hit by the halving of Government funding for special needs accommodation.

Special needs accommodation cuts ‘will hurt elderly’

The huge social and financial benefits provided by hundreds of social housing schemes for the elderly are also overlooked, according to a study.

A report into the provision of housing and care services for older people, carried out by the Irish Council for Social Housing, forecasts a rise in the number of elderly being forced into nursing home care before they need it.

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