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To: Taoiseach & Minister for Health
Bring private nursing homes into public care
Private 'for-profit' nursing homes must be brought into public ownership. Care of older people should never be about profit-making.
Why is this important?
Covid19 is putting a spotlight on how flawed the model of private 'for profit' nursing home care in Ireland is. They are driven by profit with many now owned by huge companies.
Problems with overcharging, understaffing and poor treatment of older people have hit the headlines in recent years and now they have become the epi-centre of the Covid19 pandemic.
Nurses and healthcare staff in private nursing homes are not well treated - no sick leave, overworked, part-time contracts, poor working conditions, reliance on agency/temporary.