Nursing home told to pass on €720 fee to elderly patients

HSE officials have controversially told private nursing homes to pass on the cost of extra services such as physiotherapy and “toiletries” to elderly residents to cover ongoing cuts to the system.

The claim has been made in a letter to 30 residents of Carysfort Nursing Home in Glenageary, south Dublin, sent by the facility to family members in recent days.

In the correspondence, the nursing home’s management said it has been advised by the National Treatment Purchase Fund to charge its existing 30 residents an extra €720 a year.