More support needed for home help and carers
Ireland’s care system isn’t working under current Government conditions. That’s the view of Sligo Leitrim Labour Party representative, Nessa Cosgrove, as her party have called for the recruitment freeze for home help carers to be lifted. Currently, there are 83 people in Sligo and Leitrim on a waiting list to…
Local TD unhappy with constraints placed on home help services
The constraints surrounding the Home Help service in Sligo and Leitrim has been branded ridiculous. It’s emerged that local one man in his 90s was told ‘if you can’t light a fire then too bad’ because the person providing home help wasn’t allowed to go beyond their designated time…
Donegal TD calls for end to ‘crisis’ in homecare
A Donegal TD is calling for an end to what’s been described as a crisis in homecare. A Sinn Fein motion on the issue is to be brought before the Dail later, which claims to provide a plan to provide more supports and care to those who want to…
Donegal GP warns of consequences of leaving people waiting for home help
A Donegal GP has issued a warning over the consequences of leaving people waiting for home help. It comes as over 1-point-8 million hours of home help will be lost out on this year. Staff shortages in the HSE has led to a shortfall in the service in…
Staff shortage leading to lack of home help hours in the north west
The HSE cannot provide 1,962 hours of home care support in the region. A shortage of Home Care Assistants across the CHO1 area, which covers Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal, Cavan and Monaghan is leading to the delay in supports. Sligo Leitrim TD Martin Kenny says the situation is extremely serious as…
Local TD criticising government ‘failure’ of older people
A local TD claims the current government has totally failed older people in the North West. General Election candidate and Sinn Fein TD Martin Kenny is criticising the government for freezing home help hours since last year which has resulted in what he claims in an “explosion”of people on waiting…
More home-help hours needed for north west
Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal need to see their fair share of the 800,000 promised home help hours. That according to Sligo/Leitrim, TD Eamon Scanlon who has highlighted the government failure to deliver home care support hours promised by the HSE service plan. By October of this year, home help hours…