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| Analysis of home care supports funded by the HSE 2008-2016 | | Corporate Author | Care Alliance Ireland |
| Publisher | Care Alliance Ireland, Dublin, June 2016 |
| Pages | 28 pp (Briefing paper 1) |
| Source | Care Alliance Ireland, Coleraine House, Coleraine Street, Dublin 7 http://www.carealliance.ie/userfiles/file/Briefing... |
| Keywords | Domiciliary services ; Home care services ; Finance [care] ; Ireland. |
| Annotation | There is an an ongoing deficit in publicly funded home care provision in Ireland. This paper summarises the situation of publicly funded home care for the years 2008-2016. Of particular interest is the overall change to the level of resources being directed to home care in the Health Service Executive (HSE) Service Plan 2016, in particular the actual number of home care hours to be delivered to those aged 65 and over. Among key themes is that home help is on a downward trajectory in Ireland: there is a shift towards home care packages. Among implications for carers is that families will be increasingly pressurised to accept vulnerable relatives home from hospital without comprehensive discharge plans, including adequate home care supports. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-160701003 E |
| Classmark | N: NH: QC: 763 |
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