Families of residents who will be 'kicked out' of a Cork nursing home that has pulled out of the Fair Deal scheme refuse meeting with Minister Mary Butler, and claim that she has only written to some of them.
THE FAMILIES OF residents in a Cork nursing home that recently exited the Fair Deal scheme have refused to meet with Minister for Older People Mary Butler.
Carechoice claims that they have tried to engage with the NTPF and the Department of Health for months prior to taking the difficult decision to pull out of the scheme, which sees the State finance part of an older person’s residential care costs. Rosie Roccaforte, whose mother is one of the longest-term residents at the home has claimed that the State’s response to the crisis has not been in good faith, and has instead been aimed at blocking the “progress”of the group who are campaigning for State intervention.“It appears to us that Minister Butler is trying to reassure some of the more vocal families involved that she will secure alternative accommodation, but she is not offering this to all residents.
They are to protest tomorrow outside the offices of Tanaiste Micheál Martin, and ministers Simon Coveney and Michael McGrath.
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