Minister for Older Persons Mary Butler in talks with department officials to expand the scope of funding schemes
Under the €1 billion-a-year subsidy scheme, nursing homes agree a “deed of agreement” contract with the State’s National Treatment Purchase Fund specifying the maximum price a nursing home can charge Fair Deal residents for long-term residential care.
Increased costs and regulatory requirements have forced the closure of some nursing homes. Last year, 18 nursing homes with a combined 545 beds said they would close their doors.Tadhg Daly, chief executive of Nursing Homes Ireland, the representative body for private nursing home owners, said that while it welcomed the Minister’s efforts to address the “incessant cost pressures on nursing home care,” higher Fair Deal funding was required.
“Without such support, it is inevitable that there will be further closures. We look forward to immediate engagement with the Minister to save our nursing homes.”
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