Moves to include home care in Fair Deal

The Government is looking at extending the Fair Deal scheme to allow people receive care in their own home.

Helen McEntee, minister of state for mental health and older people has said that provision of care for an increasing elderly population needs to be prioritised and is now pushing to extend the nursing home scheme to home help packages.

The Fair Deal Scheme was introduced in 2009 and provides financial support to people who need long-term nursing home care.