Covid-19 and the Impact on Irish Nursing Homes
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The Covid-19 pandemic has caused significant disruption to healthcare services throughout the UK and Ireland. The virus has had a particularly devastating impact on care homes. The pandemic has exposed many weaknesses in how health care is delivered in care homes and for elderly people in general.
Examples of such weaknesses and failures are outlined below:
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Dealgan House is a County Louth nursing home which suffered one of the worst Covid-19 outbreaks of the pandemic. A total of 22 residents sadly died following a severe outbreak during the first wave of the pandemic. Dealgan House was so badly affected that the Health Service Executive had to call in staff from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland hospital group to run the nursing home for several weeks.
It was reported by the Health Information and Quality Authority that there were inadequate communication systems and poor oversight of staff training needs and infection control practices. Additionally, the report identified that procedures in place during the outbreak had not ensured that family members of Dealgan House were kept updated and informed of their loved one’s condition or provided the opportunity to be with their loved one during the end of their lives.