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Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (15 Feb 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: The home help service is a core community service supporting older people to remain in their own homes and communities for as long as possible, with the aim of best meeting their preferred wishes, and reducing pressures elsewhere on the wider care system. The demand for the home help service, and for additional supports such as Home Care Packages continues to grow as the population, and the...

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (15 Feb 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: Government policy is support older people to live at home and in their communities for as long as possible. This is realised through a range of community based services such as Home Help, Home Care Packages, Meals-on-Wheels, and Day or Respite Care. While the recently agreed HSE Service Plan for 2012 involves a reduction of 4.5% in Home Help hours nationally, from around 11.2m hours in 2011...

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (15 Feb 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: The Health Service Executive (HSE) provides a range of assisted living services including Personal Assistant services to support individuals to maximise their capacity to live full and independent lives. In 2011, a total of 1.68 million personal assistant/home support hours were provided to 11,571 persons with physical and/or sensory disability. Although the funding allocated to disability...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (15 Feb 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: The Law Reform Commission's recent report, entitled Legal Aspects of Professional Home Care, is a follow up to its 2009 consultation paper entitled, Legal Aspects of Carers. Primary legislation and resources will be required for the introduction of a statutory regulation system for home care services. The question of possible changes to legislation, including regulation and inspection, for...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (15 Feb 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: In accordance with the Health Act, 2004, the arrangement for providing responses on detailed operational issues is a matter for the Health Service Executive. Section 7 (4) of the Act specifies that "The Executive shall manage and shall deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services in accordance with the Act. Therefore as this is a service matter it...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (15 Feb 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: A special allocation of €35m for mental health was announced in Budget 2012 in line with the Programme for Government commitments. Funding from this special allocation will be used primarily to strengthen Community Mental Health Teams in both Adult and Children's mental health services. It is intended that the additional resources will be rolled out in conjunction with a scheme of...

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (15 Feb 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Suicide Prevention: Suicide Prevention (15 Feb 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: As the National Office for Suicide Prevention was established by the HSE in 2005 and is part of the internal organisation of that body the issue raised is a matter for the HSE. On that basis the question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (15 Feb 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: Government policy in relation to older people is to support people to live in dignity and independence in their own homes and communities for as long as possible. Where this is not feasible, the health service supports access to quality long-term residential care where this is appropriate. While the Minister and this Government continues to reiterate our commitment to the future public...

Written Answers — Nursing Home Accommodation: Nursing Home Accommodation (15 Feb 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: The latest validated information from the Health Service Executive reports that there are currently 128 public residential units in operation across the country providing 7,954 beds (this includes temporary closed beds). Of these, 5,914 are designated long-stay beds under the Nursing Home Support Scheme (NHSS). e balance (2,040) provide short-term care, i.e. rehabilitation, respite,...

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (15 Feb 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: As this is a service matter the question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Autism Spectrum Disorder: Autism Spectrum Disorder (15 Feb 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: The Department of Health does not collect information on children identified with autism and Asperger's on a national or international basis. Information pertaining to diagnosis is specifically excluded from the National Intellectual Disability Database as the database is not designed as a medical epidemiological tool. Accordingly the database does not record the incidence of autism or any...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (15 Feb 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: The Health Act 2007 (Care and Welfare of Residents in Designated Centres for Older People) Regulations, 2009 (as amended) currently require that there is an appropriately qualified registered nurse on duty and in charge of all designated centres at all times. The Long-Stay Activities Statistics for 2010 (the most recent year available) provides the following information in respect of the...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (15 Feb 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: Patients/residents in nursing homes can have a number of complex medical conditions, which may include stroke. As far as we are aware there is no overall statistical information in relation to numbers of stroke patients in private residential homes. The part of the question relating to public nursing homes has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (15 Feb 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (15 Feb 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (15 Feb 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: Government policy is to support older people to live at home and in their communities for as long as possible. This is realised through a range of community based services such as mainstream Home Help, enhanced provision through Home Care Packages, or through other service elements such as Meals-on-Wheels, Day Care and Respite Care. While the recently agreed HSE Service Plan for 2012...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (15 Feb 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (15 Feb 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (15 Feb 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.