Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 24 June 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters

Younger People in Nursing Homes: Discussion

Dr. Kathleen MacLellan:

No, absolutely not. What we are saying is the capacity report provides projections for the next ten years in order that we can plan in terms of the overall demand for disability services over that period. Within that we can see the types of services that are needed. It is similar to the health service capacity report which looked at home care, hospital beds and hospital utilisation. Disability services were not part of that report and we felt it was critically important we developed a disability capacity report so that we could plan for all services, whether they are therapy, residential places or other interventions that are required from respite to day services over a ten-year period.