South-East has highest number of elderly waiting for homecare

Funding is available but is not matched with a sufficient supply of homecare workers, a report has found.

There are more elderly people on homecare waiting lists in the South-East than in any other part of the country, new figures show. 

The highest waiting lists are in the South Tipperary, Waterford, Wexford, Carlow/Kilkenny region known as HSE community healthcare organisation five.