Hiqa seeking views on home care

Hiqa has launched a consultation process for caregivers, care providers, and those who receive care in the home to have their say in the development of new national standards for home support services.

The Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) has opened a public consultation on home care as part of developing new national standards for home support services. 

"We have an ageing population and there is an over-dependency on residential centres for older persons," said Rachel Flynn, Hiqa’s director of health information and standards and director of the National Care Experience Programme.