Irish Examiner view: Investigation into allegations of elder abuse in nursing homes

Concern about the possibility of abuse in nursing homes at the peak of the pandemic has provoked numerous calls for a national inquiry

Is the private, for-profit model of nursing home, the one so ruthlessly exposed in the last 18 months, the best answer to our needs? 

Mary Butler, the junior minister with responsibility for older people, will today meet representatives of families of nursing home residents who died during the pandemic. 

The minister has promised to investigate allegations of elder abuse in nursing homes.