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Written Answers — Nursing Home Inspections: Nursing Home Inspections (21 Jun 2005)

Seán Power: I propose to take Questions Nos. 92, 166 and 243 together. I wish to advise the Deputy that no instructions have been issued by my colleague, the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, or by the Department in regard to restricting the release of information to public representatives on public and private nursing homes. The Government is aware of the strong public interest in...

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (21 Jun 2005)

Seán Power: I propose to take Questions Nos. 97, 100, 153 and 162 together. The National Health Strategy, Quality and Fairness: A Health System for You was launched in 2001 by the former Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Martin. The strategy is centred on a whole system approach to tackling health in Ireland and it goes beyond the traditional concept of health services. It is about developing a...

Written Answers — Nursing Home Standards: Nursing Home Standards (21 Jun 2005)

Seán Power: I propose to take Questions Nos. 102 and 203 together. I wish to advise the Deputy that there is no legal obligation on the Health Service Executive to check the inspection reports of a private nursing home prior to placing a patient in that facility. However, the HSE when considering placing a person in such a facility, would have regard to the standards of care provided there. In this...

Written Answers — Task Force on Alcohol: Task Force on Alcohol (21 Jun 2005)

Seán Power: The strategic task force on alcohol published two reports in May 2002 and September 2004. A total of 100 recommendations are made which have implications across a number of Departments. In April this year the Government authorised the Tánaiste to implement the recommendations which fall within the remit of the Department of Health and Children. Other Ministers were also authorised to...

Written Answers — Nursing Home Standards: Nursing Home Standards (21 Jun 2005)

Seán Power: The Government is extremely concerned at the situation in Leas Cross nursing home. It is unacceptable that older people should be subjected to the type of environment portrayed by the "Prime Time" programme. I wish to inform the House that the Health Service Executive appointed: a director of nursing to oversee its operation; a team of support clinicians, including a senior nurse manager,...

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (21 Jun 2005)

Seán Power: I propose to take Questions Nos. 114 and 222 together. The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, the Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a...

Written Answers — Nursing Home Inspections: Nursing Home Inspections (21 Jun 2005)

Seán Power: As the Deputy will no doubt be aware, the Government has decided to establish the social services inspectorate on a statutory basis and legislation to give effect to this will be published later on this year. The inspectorate will be charged with the inspection of both public and private nursing homes and will be responsible for reporting on standards of care in such homes. It is planned to...

Written Answers — Nursing Home Standards: Nursing Home Standards (21 Jun 2005)

Seán Power: I propose to take Questions Nos. 122 and 129 together. I wish to advise the Deputy that it is the intention of the Department to put in place a more robust regulatory system as quickly as possible to protect vulnerable older people and to provide for the highest possible standards of care for older people in long-stay facilities. This process has begun by firstly reviewing the Health (Nursing...

Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (21 Jun 2005)

Seán Power: I propose to take Questions Nos. 126 and 159 together. Incontinence products are not available through the usual general medical services arrangements in place for the provision of drugs and non-drug items to medical card holders in the community. Article 16.1 of the Nursing Homes (Subvention) Regulations 1993 provides that individuals resident in private nursing homes who are in receipt of a...

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (21 Jun 2005)

Seán Power: The policy of the Government is to maintain older people in dignity and independence at home, in accordance with their wishes. To this end, home care grant schemes have been piloted in a number of areas as an alternative to long-term residential care to assist older people living at home in their communities. Older people who are being discharged from the acute hospital system and those...

Written Answers — Nursing Home Accommodation: Nursing Home Accommodation (21 Jun 2005)

Seán Power: The question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive, HSE, under the Health Act 2004. According to the HSE, there is a total of 381 public nursing home beds in County Kildare. There are 190 beds in St. Vincent's, Athy, 78 in Baltinglass District Hospital, 20 in Drogheda Memorial Hospital, seven...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (21 Jun 2005)

Seán Power: The question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, the Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to have the matter investigated and to reply directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (21 Jun 2005)

Seán Power: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, the Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (21 Jun 2005)

Seán Power: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, the Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Housing Aid for the Elderly: Housing Aid for the Elderly (21 Jun 2005)

Seán Power: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. This includes responsibility for the provision of the housing aid scheme for the elderly, on behalf of the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government. Accordingly, the Department has requested...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (21 Jun 2005)

Seán Power: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. The home help service is a discretionary service which is provided to support people in their own home. There are no guidelines issued by the Department on means testing for the home help service. The...

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (21 Jun 2005)

Seán Power: I wish to advise the Deputy that it is the intention of the Department to put in place a more robust regulatory system as quickly as possible to protect vulnerable older people and to provide for the highest possible standards of care for older people in long-stay facilities. This process has begun by firstly reviewing the Health (Nursing Homes) Act, 1990 and regulations made under the Act...

Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (21 Jun 2005)

Seán Power: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, the Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (21 Jun 2005)

Seán Power: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, the Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (21 Jun 2005)

Seán Power: I welcome the publication of the report of the National Council on Aging and Older People, Perceptions of Ageism in Health and Social Services in Ireland. The report highlights the findings of research carried out in the ten former health boards during 2004 involving some 450 older people and 150 health and social services staff. I understand that the study sought to investigate whether older...