Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 12 December 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Home Care Services: Discussion

11:00 am

Mr. Liam O'Sullivan:

I thank Senator Dolan for his support of family carers and people with disabilities for decades. Home care is not sexy. It is difficult to do well. It is messy. It is provided in private by family members and increasingly by paid care workers. I would put it back to representatives and to the media to reflect on how they respond to those trolley crises that dominate the narrative and consider more nuanced responses that can shift attention towards home care, primary care and keeping people well at home, out of nursing homes as much as possible.

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