Woman, 92, in hospital for year over lack of home care

A 92-year-old woman languishing in a hospital for almost a year because there no funding for a home care package shows how the system is failing older people, Alone said yesterday.

The charity that supports older people to age at home has called on the Government to increase home help hours in line with demand.

Alone chief executive, Sean Moynihan, said the number of home help hours had been cut by 1.58m since 2010, but over that time, the number of older people in the state had increased by 18%.