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: To ensure that the diverse needs of older people & their care are taken account of and to the fore in all plans and policies adopted by the HSE also::To support the provision of good health care across the lifecycle for all our citizens
Details: The Irish Senior Citizens Parliament together with Members of the C& V Pillar met with officials from the Department of Health & HSE. The HSE gave presentations on the HSE Health Service Plan 2019 as well as an overview of the proposed Services for Older People.
Intent: To ensure that the Department implement the recommendations of the Independent Review Group on the Role of Voluntary Providers
Details: The Wheel participated in a bi-lateral meeting of the Community and Voluntary Pillar and the Department of Health at which the Department was encouraged to implement the recommendations of the Independent Review Group on the Role of Voluntary Providers
Intent: Get an update on Slaintecare, Health Budget for 2019, HSE Service Plan and Update on Policies for older people and people with disabilities while also having the opportunity to raise the concerns of our members around Health care services
Details: Community and Voluntary Pillar Bilateral Meeting with the Department of Health to get updates on Health Budget and Policy and to raise issues Organisations members are experiencing in accessing health care
Intent: (i) to ensure there is coherent Cross-Departmental working for People with Disabilities, and (ii) support for people with disabilities to live in the community.
Details: Met Siobhán O'Halloran, ASG Department of Health. Purpose of the meeting was as part of the CV Pillar Bilateral meeting to discuss Disability Services
Intent: To ensure there is budgetary space for new policies outlined in Budget 2019, and to promote policies that support Ageing Well in the Community, in particular a statutory entitlement to home care and home support
Details: Met Siobhán O'Halloran, ASG Department of Health. Purpose of the meeting was as part of the CV Pillar Bilateral meeting to discuss HSP Service Plan and Ageing Well in the Community
Intent: To ensure that the diverse needs of older people are to the fore in the development and implementation of policies and programmes within the Department .::To ensure that Plans and Implementation of Sláinte Care are developed and put Older People and their needs at the core of the plan.
Details: The Irish Senior Citizens Parliament together with Members of the C& V Pillar met with officials from the Department of Health.
