Adults with intellectual disability are reduced to 'couch-surfing'

Adults with intellectual disability are reduced to “couch-surfing” between family members while waiting to access residential care at the Cope Foundation, where pressure on services is so severe that it needs an extra €34m per annum, according to its chief executive.

In some instances, these adults are “left on the doorstep” of the foundation as families are simply unable to manage, said Seán Abbott.