Evelyn Ring, Irish Examiner Reporter, examines how home care may be able to help. Delayed discharges are costing the health service over €500,000 a night. The cost is based on an analysis of a report on delayed discharges published this month by the HSE. The report shows that 685 patients were occupying hospital beds across the country at midnight on Aug 13. Such patients no […]
Two cups of hot chocolate a day could help fight dementia: a study that one of our 94year old home care clients made us aware of ! The New York Times reports that Harvard researchers studied a group of seniors who didn’t have dementia and found drinking two cups of cocoa each day improved blood flow to the brain and led to better scores on […]
A major crisis is looming in the provision of nursing home care for older persons, according to Nursing Homes Ireland (NHI). A spokesperson for the NHI, the organisation representing the private and voluntary nursing homes sector, described Department of Health estimates that more than 2,000 persons will be waiting for a nursing home place by the end of 2013, as very worrying. The waiting […]
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