Health chiefs accused of secrecy over plans for coping with ageing population

Private nursing home operators have accused health chiefs of secrecy over their plans for coping with the growing demands for residential care for older people.

Nursing Homes Ireland chief executive Tadhg Daly called for the publication in full of a report into the physical condition of many of the country’s aging State-run nursing homes, alarming details of which were leaked last month.

“I believe it is imperative that there is a measure of transparency with regard to State-run homes and the public are made fully aware of the serious issues that they are facing,” he said. “This will enable an open debate that will focus upon our requirement to meet the long-term residential care of our ageing population.”