'He's the future facing mums and dads all over Ireland': Teena Gates can't get support to bring her elderly dad home

Teena says: “I can pay privately for some extra care, along with happily caring for him myself. But they don’t think that’s quite enough to ensure his safety...I am waiting for a care package with no idea when it will materialise."

A well-known broadcaster and daughter has revealed it is proving extremely difficult to get her elderly father home from hospital despite being physically well.

Respected radio broadcaster and motivational speaker Teena Gates said her much loved father Terry Martin, 93, and her family are being pressurised to place him in a nursing home despite not wanting to.