Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It is a fantastic facility. Does the Deputy remember, on the day we were there, the amount of work being done with the integrated care programme for older persons, ICPOP, team, in relation to supporting people to age well at home, nutrition and dietary requirements and the risk of frailty and falls?

The HSE will always step in where a resident's needs are sufficiently complex that they cannot be cared for elsewhere in the community. The HSE needs to be staffed to deliver that kind of complex care. The average price per person for a private nursing home is €1,050 per week; the average cost for complex services in HSE hospitals is approximately €1,650.

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