Irish Examiner view: Disturbing revelations by RTÉ Investigates about nursing homes

As consultant geriatrician David Robinson said: 'It’s abuse — there’s no other word for it' 

'RTÉ Investigates: Inside Ireland's Nursing Homes' was broadcast on RTÉ1 last night and is available on the RTÉ Player.

The revelations in the  RTÉ Investigates programme about the standard of care in some private nursing homes were deeply disturbing.

Readers may be aware of some of the cases of neglect cited in those investigations, of vulnerable elderly people being abandoned or ignored, left at risk of dangerous falls, or in some cases left in unchanged incontinence pads.