Frank is correct in saying that there is a lot of confusion out there. The HSE staff are telling people that the scheme only pays for nursing home from the date of approval. Are they confused or are they being misinformed. My Aunt suffered a stroke a month ago, and is currently in st. camillus hospital limerick. She is due to be discharged since last wednesday. The family has applied for the new scheme since Thursday 26th Nov. They have been told that it will take a minimum of 8 weeks to process the application, even without applying for the loan scheme. All asset valuation have been submitted and the hospital have said that all medical assessments have been completed.
The hospital are adament that my aunt be removed. They did delay her discharge last Friday because she was refused a week of nursing home care under the winter initiative. The HSE said the fair deal scheme has replaced all the old schemes.
There is a bed waiting in a suitable nursing home for my aunt, but who is going to pay the eight week waiting period. At the moment she is due to be discharged today. The family will have to take a loan to cover the 650euro a week payable on top of my aunt's pension.
If what Aine Brady says is true then why is the HSE giving out incorrect information. Or are they taking the 'SUBJECT TO OVERALL RESOURCES' as a way of saving some money, and putting the families of sick people under more stress than they are allready under.
Quote from Aine Brady's speech (For new entrants to nursing home care, the HSE's guidelines on the standardised implementation of the scheme state THAT SUBJECT TO OVERALL RESOURCES, people who enter nursing homes after the commencement of the scheme will have their financial support paid either from the date that the application was made or from date of admission to the nursing home, whichever is the later.)
This has to be clarified immediatly. It is putting families under immense stress. It is also holding up the supply of hospital beds. This scheme was devised to sort out this problem, so why has someone made a mess of it. THe old scheme was always backdated to the date of application or date of entry to the nursing home, so why the change now?
Margo O'Connell
Posted on 7 Dec 2009 10:45 am
Frank is correct in saying that there is a lot of confusion out there. The HSE staff are telling people that the scheme only pays for nursing home from the date of approval. Are they confused or are they being misinformed. My Aunt suffered a stroke a month ago, and is currently in st. camillus hospital limerick. She is due to be discharged since last wednesday. The family has applied for the new scheme since Thursday 26th Nov. They have been told that it will take a minimum of 8 weeks to process the application, even without applying for the loan scheme. All asset valuation have been submitted and the hospital have said that all medical assessments have been completed.
The hospital are adament that my aunt be removed. They did delay her discharge last Friday because she was refused a week of nursing home care under the winter initiative. The HSE said the fair deal scheme has replaced all the old schemes.
There is a bed waiting in a suitable nursing home for my aunt, but who is going to pay the eight week waiting period. At the moment she is due to be discharged today. The family will have to take a loan to cover the 650euro a week payable on top of my aunt's pension.
If what Aine Brady says is true then why is the HSE giving out incorrect information. Or are they taking the 'SUBJECT TO OVERALL RESOURCES' as a way of saving some money, and putting the families of sick people under more stress than they are allready under.
Quote from Aine Brady's speech (For new entrants to nursing home care, the HSE's guidelines on the standardised implementation of the scheme state THAT SUBJECT TO OVERALL RESOURCES, people who enter nursing homes after the commencement of the scheme will have their financial support paid either from the date that the application was made or from date of admission to the nursing home, whichever is the later.)
This has to be clarified immediatly. It is putting families under immense stress. It is also holding up the supply of hospital beds. This scheme was devised to sort out this problem, so why has someone made a mess of it. THe old scheme was always backdated to the date of application or date of entry to the nursing home, so why the change now?