Deputy Se\u00e1n Crowe discusses closure of St Brigid\u2019s nursing home with Disability Minister<\/p>\n
Dublin South West Sinn F\u00e9in TD Se\u00e1n Crowe met on December 14th with Kathleen Lynch, TD., the Minister with responsibility for Disability, Older People, Equality & Mental Health and officials\u2019 from the HSE and Department of Health to discuss ongoing concerns regarding the imminent closure of St Brigid\u2019s nursing home in Crooksling, County Dublin.<\/p>\n
The meeting had been arranged after Deputy Crowe raised the home\u2019s closure during a Topical Issues debate in the D\u00e1il in October. Describing the meeting as \u201cuseful\u201d he said that there were still many unanswered questions surrounding the closure of St Brigid\u2019s and the government must ensure that people who are resident there find equally suitable care in any alternative accommodation.<\/p>\n
Deputy Crowe said: \u201cI am very concerned that the decision to close St Brigid\u2019s will end up costing the Health Service more money in the long run as many of the high dependency residents will need specialised care. There are also genuine fears amongst families with loved ones at the Crooksling facility with many remaining unconvinced that adequate alternative care will be provided in any new facility considering the lack of high dependency beds available in the Dublin area.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor decades, St Brigid\u2019s provided long term care for a very vulnerable group of women, many of whom spent most of their lives in the home. Being forced to move will cause significant disruption and disorientation to the patients of St Brigid\u2019s, a point I emphasised at today\u2019s meeting.
\u201cThe short-sighted decision to close this nursing home is even harder to understand considering it had an excellent care reputation, a fact reflected in the \u20ac2 million that had been spent on new Palliative Care and Physio Care Units at the facility during the past 2 years.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn view of the ongoing crisis and lack of sustainable nursing bed spaces within the public hospital system it is vital that the capacity at St Bridgid’s, which includes a day centre for up to 120 patients, is kept opened, maintained and fully resourced.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Deputy Se\u00e1n Crowe discusses closure of St Brigid\u2019s nursing home with Disability Minister Dublin South West Sinn F\u00e9in TD Se\u00e1n Crowe met on December 14th with Kathleen Lynch, TD., the Minister with responsibility for Disability, Older People, Equality & Mental Health and officials\u2019 from the HSE and Department of Health to discuss ongoing concerns regarding […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}