Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 26 May 2020
Special Committee on Covid-19 Response
Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed)
Ms Mary Dunnion:
Yes, we are very conscious of this issue. We view a nursing home as somebody's home. The residents have made a decision to live there and, as a consequence, it is important that it is designed to meet their requirements. To address the Chairman's point, the important question is what will be the future of the sector. There are many different types of steps which would be really important. One step would be to recognise that some residents do not require the same level of care as others and that, therefore, there would be different types of facilities. We are more than delighted to share a paper we have done that looks at the regulation of services as opposed to the premises, which is all about rooms, facilities and so on.
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