Written answers
Wednesday, 17 January 2024
Department of Health
Care of the Elderly
Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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1688. To ask the Minister for Health the reason HSE-funded home care providers have stopped taking physically well older people for walks; and if a risk assessment has been undertaken by him in relation to the danger posed by HSE-funded home care providers allowing physically well older people with dementia leave their homes on their own without accompanying them for a walk. [1365/24]
Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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As this is an operational matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
As the Deputy may be aware, management and administrative grade staff in the Fórsa union in the HSE commenced industrial action on Friday, 6 October. As a consequence of this industrial action, members in these grades are not engaging with political forums or processes. As a result, the question asked by the Deputy may be delayed in receiving a response directly from the HSE.
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