Brendan Griffin (Kerry South, Fine Gael)
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Question 556: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 496 of 20 September 2011, the way the average figure for the cost of a nursing home bed through the National Treatment Purchase Fund was arrived at, providing highs and lows for the most expensive and least expensive care facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26027/11]

Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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The weighted average cost for long-term residential care in private nursing homes is arrived at by multiplying the cost of care in each nursing home by the number of residents, adding all of these totals together and dividing by the total number of beds nationally.

The cost of care in each private nursing home is notified to the HSE and published on its website. The latest information available indicates that the lowest cost of care in a private nursing home is €565 per week and the highest is €1,344 per week. The weighted average is €900.