Families of nursing home Covid victims to hold their own remembrance day
Speaking on behalf of a number of families of the 23 residents who died at Dealgan House (pictured), Co. Louth, Ann Cleary said they found it “extremely disrespectful” to the people who died in nursing homes.
Up to around 2,000 people who lost loved ones in nursing homes during the pandemic are to hold their own Remembrance Day service on March 18.
Organisers Care Champions is holding two candle-lit vigils in Cork and Dundalk, the locations of some of the nursing homes hit hardest during the pandemic.
