Closure threat to pensioner facility in Roscommon like ‘elder abuse’

The threatened closure of a facility catering for pensioners with mental health problems is tantamount to elder abuse, according to one of the most prominent GPs in the country.

Greg Kelly, former chairman of the Western Health Board and medical officer at Castlerea Prison, has expressed his concern over the future of the Rosalie unit in Castlerea, Co Roscommon.

A psycho-geriatric unit catering for up to 25 long-term residents, Rosalie was to be developed by the HSE as a specialist dementia and Alzheimer’s facility.