Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 4 July 2018
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Business of Joint Committee
Hospital Services: Discussion
9:00 am
Mr. Bernard Gloster:
There are 7,002 public beds for older people outside the acute system in community nursing units, 1,982 of which are short stay. The short-stay beds are predominantly used for different types of step-down care. People might go for rehabilitation after a hip fracture, or people might convalesce. There is a variety of uses. We also buy short-stay beds in the private nursing home sector for transition.
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