Bealtaine Festival brings arts celebrations to nursing homes this Friday
Nursing homes will be celebrating the creative talents of residents this coming Friday, 21st May, through the inaugural National Arts in Nursing Homes Day. The initiative is part of Age & Opportunity’s Bealtaine Festival and is taking place in partnership with Nursing Homes Ireland. Nursing home residents have been busy creating artworks to display as part […]
ALONE – Need For Increase In Home Care Budget ’
ALONE, the charity that supports older people to age at home, is calling on the government to increase funding for homecare following the report that 90,000 bed days have been lost in the hospital system so far this year because of delayed discharges. This is according to HSE figures provided to Fianna Fáil health spokesman Billy Kelleher. […]
HIQA closes 11 Nursing Homes in two years; including one in Offaly
Ireland’s first analysis of over 1,500 Nursing Homes inspections by HIQA released by The Wolfe Group With yet another Nursing Home closed recently in Galway, this brings to 11 the total number of Irish Nursing Homes closed by HIQA since 2010 – including Upton House Nursing Home in Clara. For the first time, an analysis of over 1,500 […]
