Impossible deadline for nursing home residents

THE Government says the fair deal scheme for nursing home residents will be introduced on January 1 next.

Impossible deadline for nursing home residents

A number of my clients are resident in nursing homes and there appears to be an incredible lack of information on how this scheme is going to operate.

I called my local HSE office only to be referred to the Department of Health and Children. I called the department to be told the scheme would be coming into force on January 1. On further enquiry, the department told me that, as yet, there was no legislation for the scheme in place.

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