Intent: To ensure nursing homes have continous access to PPE to protect residents and staff; a system of timely testing of residents and staff to support early detection of Covid19; implementation of financial assistance payment scheme to cover substantive costs incurred to manage Covid19; policy to desist HSE recruitment of nursing home staff from private and voluntary nursing homes during emergency period Covid19
Details: Representations surrounded: ensuring nursing homes have continous access to PPE to protect residents and staff; a system of timely testing of residents and staff to support early detection of Covid19; implementation of financial assistance payment scheme to cover substantive costs incurred to manage, ...
Intent: Home Instead Senior Care believes home care regulation will improve home care services for people across Ireland by raising standards. Regulation will put in place a predictable, sustainable financing model that allows people to financially plan ageing in Ireland. Finally regulation will improve working conditions for professional CAREGivers and so attract more people to work in this sector.
Intent: Inform public officials about labour force issues in home care(health care assistants)::Discuss and inform public officials about the issues private home care providers face in Ireland::Include Health Care Assistants on the Critical Skills list::Change social welfare rules to end the penalisation of part-time workers in receipt of social welfare::Secure more funding for home care - both for home care packages and training needs::Provide input into the formation of the statutory scheme for home care
Clarify HSE comments in the press and secure a meeting with Minister Jim Daly - EmailEmails to provide additional information regarding health care assistants - EmailEmails to provide additional information to public officials on home care in Ireland - Email
Intent: Home Instead Senior Care believes home care regulation will improve home care services for people across Ireland by raising standards. Regulation will put in place a predictable, sustainable financing model that allows people to financially plan ageing in Ireland. Finally regulation will improve working conditions for professional CAREGivers and so attract more people to work in this sector.
Intent: Publication of the review of the Review of System for setting nursing home prices under the Nursing Home Support Scheme (Fair Deal)
Details: Contact with Minister adviser seeking updates regarding status of Review of System for setting nursing home prices under the Nursing Home Support Scheme (Fair Deal), stipulated by then Minister for Health Leo Varadkar for completion 1st June 2017
Intent: There is a serious dearth of taxi and hackney services in rural areas. The introduction of the Road Traffic (Amendment) Act by the Transport Minister without any commitment or effort by him to alleviate the problems and issues created by a lack of rural transport has worsened the situation for rural dwellers and businesses. The Minister put forward a proposal for a Ruxi type rural transport initiative. The VFI met with Minister Daly to discuss various options.
Details: The creation of a sustainable and workable rural transport system.
To seek support for legislative change for mental health, for greater public investment and for policy change to deliver better services. - EmailTo seek support for legislative change for mental health, for greater public investment and for policy change to deliver better services. - MeetingTo seek support for legislative change for mental health, for greater public investment and for policy change to deliver better services. - Phone call
To seek support for legislative change for mental health, for greaterpublic investment and for policy change to deliver better services. - EmailTo seek support for legislative change for mental health, for greaterpublic investment and for policy change to deliver better services. - MeetingTo seek support for legislative change for mental health, for greaterpublic investment and for policy change to deliver better services. - Phone call
