Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 2 February 2021
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Update on Covid-19 in Nursing Homes
Ms Yvonne O'Neill:
It is 1,200. That has meant a significant reduction in waiting lists for people for homecare. The Deputy will know that our model of care is maintaining people at home and, thus, there is also additional investment in rehabilitation supports to maintain people at home. Deputy Lahart earlier referred to the question around the reducing number of older people in our nursing homes.
In terms of that model for congregated settings, we have responded to the learnings from the last time. I know my colleague, Dr. MacLellan from the Department of Health, who leads on implementation oversight for the expert panel, will also be able to respond around the-----
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