Care advocacy group call on Government to speed up safeguarding reform

The International Day of Older Persons has taken place every year on October 1 since it was launched by the UN in 1991.  Picture: File

Care advocacy group Care Champions has called on the government to mark today’s International Day of Older Persons by speeding up regulatory safeguarding reform.

The group has also repeated calls for a national inquiry into nursing home care and deaths during the pandemic.