Fair Deal delays force families to fund nursing home care privately
(WorldNews Health)

Families are being forced to privately fund nursing home care for their loved ones due to delays in the Fair Deal scheme, according to nursing home owners. Other families are keeping their older relatives in hospital, thereby contributing to overcrowding, because their nursing home places have not come available, a survey of operators indicates. Private nursing home owners say some older people have been waiting more than six months for funding under Fair Deal, also known as the Nursing Home Support Scheme. The normal access...