Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 23 March 2021
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Regulation of Nursing Homes and Development of a New Model of Care for Older People: Discussion
Professor Cecily Kelleher:
When we produced our original report, there were many such harrowing cases. We described them in our report, and many of our recommendations were about addressing them. I believe services have been stepped up to respond more appropriately since then. A whole variety of factors need to be addressed, including, for instance, the visitor guidelines, which we have just been made aware of in recent days. It is therefore very important we would have, as I said, a preparedness into the future but it is required immediately also.
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