Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will move on now to the transitional care, which was raised earlier. I am not satisfied this is being used effectively. For instance, I have seen situations where a person is discharged out to a nursing home for two weeks and then the support is immediately cut after the two weeks. I know a number of families who had to transfer their elderly parent to another nursing home because the contract with the HSE had expired after two weeks. Why is that happening? There is then a reluctance for families to agree to the person being discharged out to a nursing home because it is only for two weeks.