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Maynooth nursing home sponsors special Bloom dementia garden

A Maynooth nursing home is sponsoring the first ever Dementia Friendly Garden at Bloom. The TLC nursing home group said it is really excited to be part of Bloom this year and even more excited that the garden will eventually come to over at TLC ...

29 May 2017 at 13:51

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Covid Certs required to visit nursing homes

People visiting nursing homes will need to show a digital covid cert or proof of vaccination from Monday. New HSE guidance will require proof of vaccination or immunity at the entrance. Visitors may also be asked to show photo ID to make sure ...

12 Nov 2021 at 11:15

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HSE reduces income assessment rate for people supported by Fair Deal

The income assessment rate for people in nursing homes supported by Fair Deal has been significantly reduced. According to the Health Service Executive (HSE), the Nursing Homes Support Scheme has been updated to change the rate at which the ...

02 Nov 2022 at 11:35

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Normal visiting to return to Kildare nursing homes where most people have 'vaccine protection'

Nursing home residents and their families are eagerly looking forward to a return to “normal visiting in those nursing homes where most people have vaccine protection” from today Sage Advocacy has said. Latest HSE guidance on visiting ...

19 Jul 2021 at 15:03

Kildare retailers hit hardest, angry Maynooth public rates meeting told

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Kildare retailers hit hardest, Maynooth public rates meeting told

QUESTIONS over how to value different property were a dominant feature of a public meeting on commercial rates held in the Glenroyal Hotel last night, March 30. There was a lot of anger over recent estimates from the Valuation Office,...

31 Mar 2017 at 12:43

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Concerns for the elderly as 17 clusters of Covid-19 located in nursing homes

Concerns for the elderly increase as 17 clusters of Covid-19 have been located in nursing home across Ireland. The Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) pin pointed a large proportion of these clusters as being in the East of ...

30 Mar 2020 at 13:35

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'Staff feel disrespected' - Nursing home workers call on govt to expedite Covid payment

Nursing home staff across Ireland are calling on the government to expedite a special pandemic recognition payment promised to frontline healthcare workers. Over 2,000 letters from private and voluntary nursing home staff around ...

11 Oct 2022 at 18:06

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Attorney General to look into State’s strategy on illegal nursing home charges

The Attorney General has been asked to look into a legal strategy in relation to people who were entitled to nursing home care provided by the State decades ago. It comes after the Irish Mail on Sunday reported a ...

30 Jan 2023 at 19:44

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Varadkar backs ‘legitimate legal strategy’ by State over nursing home charges

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said the State has always contested whether charging medical card holders for private nursing home care was illegal – adding that he would have signed off on such a strategy to contest ...

31 Jan 2023 at 16:17

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Future of nursing homes under threat as rising costs force closures - report

Rising costs could pose a threat to the future of nursing homes with one in three now operating at a loss, according to a recent survey. The magnitude of the threat to sustainability of current and future ...

31 May 2023 at 13:30

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Kildare nursing home applies for two-storey rear extension

Springwood Nursing Homes (Elm Hall Nursing Home, Loughlinstown Road, Celbridge, Co Kildare) has applied to Kildare County Council for a two-storey rear extension to the existing building. The €218k ...

21 Jan 2025 at 17:30

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Kildare nursing home payment figures reveal large gap between private and public facilities

Kildare’s two public nursing homes are being paid substantially more for the clients in their care by the HSE than the county’s 21 private operators. That is according to recent figures released ...

08 Mar 2018 at 14:40

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