Nursing home investigation ‘extremely distressing’, minister for older people says

It  highlighted vulnerable people being left unsupervised and requests for the use of toilets being unanswered for lengthy periods of time

Minister of State for Older People Kieran O’Donnell (Brian Lawless/PA)

The treatment of residents at nursing homes featured in a documentary was “extremely distressing” and “wholly unacceptable”, the minister for older people has said.

It comes after RTÉ Investigates examined standards of care at two nursing homes operated by Emeis Ireland, formerly known as Orpea.