Nursing Homes Ireland (NHI) members are visiting all Limerick politicians throughout June to highlight an impending crisis in care.
There are 24 nursing homes in Limerick providing essential care for 1,028 residents with over 1,030 people directly employed in the sector.
The private and voluntary providers have rejected a claim by the Government that there is not a need for the immediate establishment of a Department of Health-led Forum on Long-Term Residential Care.
The national campaign is highlighting the ‘serious issues’ facing the provision of private and voluntary nursing home care and the actions required to plan ongoing and future long-term residential care requirements.
As part of the campaign, 360 NHI members are visiting all TDs, Senators and Councillors across the country in their constituencies.This is the first large-scale campaign by the private and voluntary nursing home sector. It involves adverts, postcards and letters targeted at politicians, key stakeholders and the wider public.
The campaign is setting out the challenges in care delivery and the urgent requirement to address sector requirements to meet escalating growth in demand for such care.
The main aim of the campaign is to secure the establishment of a Department of Health-led ‘Forum on Long-Term Residential Care’ which would bring together all of the relevant stakeholders involved in the provision of such care for older people.
