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Providing Leadership...Supporting Members...Promoting Excellence
Nursing Homes Ireland is the representative organisation for the Having high quality care available to those who need it is an essential
private and voluntary nursing homes sector. Indisputably, the part of a well-functioning health service which delivers the care
nursing home sector and the invaluable care our members provide is people need, in a way that is affordable, accessible, and, of the highest
an integral part of the Irish health service. The immense contribution standard. Those who use our services should have the choice and
and the important services provided by the private and voluntary flexibility in selecting the nursing home that most suits their needs.
sector in the community at large, are plainly obvious and evidenced OUR MEMBERS ARE COMMITTED TO:
by the following statistics emanating from our sector.
Private and Voluntary Nursing Homes: • Maintaining and enhancing the quality of life of residents
• Provide care for nearly 22,000 residents • Preserving the autonomy of residents, guaranteeing free
• Account for more than 80% of all long term care beds in the
expression of opinion and freedom of choice
country, • Maintaining a safe physical and emotional environment
• Employ more than 24,000 staff, • Ensuring that the privacy and dignity of residents is respected
• Being an employer of choice and providing continuous
Nursing Homes Ireland is committed to providing leadership,
supporting members and promoting excellence. professional development and training
THIS WILL BE FULFILLED BY ENSURING HIGH STANDARDS
For a number of years, our members consistently and actively sought
• Working in partnership with our members and other the introduction of national standards for residential care settings
stakeholders to achieve best practice in the care of the older for older people. We have welcomed the establishment of the Health
person in all nursing homes Information and Quality Authority as the independent body charged
with ensuring that public, private and voluntary nursing homes
• Ensuring that providers have a voice in the strategic direction provide high quality care to their residents.
and development of future nursing homes services
MEETING THE TRUE COST OF CARE
• Achieving adequate and fair funding for nursing homes to NHI is advancing the critical requirement for an enhanced
enable them to provide high quality care for all framework that recognises and supports the increasingly complex
care requirements of nursing home residents. The private and
• Working in partnership to ensure that regulation is effective, voluntary nursing home sector must be provided with certainty
proportionate and transparent and a funding framework that ensures it is in a position to plan and
invest in meeting the increasing residential care needs of our ageing
OUR VISION FOR THE FUTURE population.
There is requirement for an enhanced evidence-based cost-of-care
As a nation, Ireland still has the resources to develop the best possible funding model to ensure the specialised care needs of those requiring
services to meet the needs of a growing older population. long-term residential care are addressed. An enhanced model to
support residents in long-term residential care must recognise the
We, in Nursing Homes Ireland have a significant contribution to increased dependency and complex care needs of residents in such
make in developing those services, so that residential care for our care. It must address specialised care needs of residents such as those
older people is the best that it can be. We have the expertise, the with dementia, acquired brain injury.
commitment and the willingness to work alongside the Government The current framework to support a resident’s long-term residential
and all other key stakeholders in the sector to ensure long-term care costs - the Nursing Home Support Scheme (Fair Deal) - fails to
residential care is meeting the increasingly complex care requirements recognise the role of the private and voluntary nursing home sector
of persons moving to nursing homes. in supporting acute and community care.
Our expertise and our ideas are of key importance in informing the KEY FACTS
development of public policy on the care of older people. We are
advancing and promoting this important debate, as key providers of
a vital part of the health service, and seeking the appropriate support
framework to meet the challenges of growing and funding the best
possible services for our older people.
Our vision that all residents of nursing homes are receiving optimal • Over 360 NHI members are key healthcare providers in local
care, is one we are continuously advancing through meaningful communities throughout Ireland. They have significantly
partnership with the Government, the HSE, the National Treatment invested to provide excellent standards of care and are
Purchase Fund as purchasers, HIQA as the regulator, wide-ranging regulated to the highest standards.
stakeholders, and our members who have responsibility to deliver
high quality care to those who need it. • The sector is a vital part of Ireland’s healthcare system.
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Nursing Homes Ireland is the representative organisation for the Having high quality care available to those who need it is an essential
private and voluntary nursing homes sector. Indisputably, the part of a well-functioning health service which delivers the care
nursing home sector and the invaluable care our members provide is people need, in a way that is affordable, accessible, and, of the highest
an integral part of the Irish health service. The immense contribution standard. Those who use our services should have the choice and
and the important services provided by the private and voluntary flexibility in selecting the nursing home that most suits their needs.
sector in the community at large, are plainly obvious and evidenced OUR MEMBERS ARE COMMITTED TO:
by the following statistics emanating from our sector.
Private and Voluntary Nursing Homes: • Maintaining and enhancing the quality of life of residents
• Provide care for nearly 22,000 residents • Preserving the autonomy of residents, guaranteeing free
• Account for more than 80% of all long term care beds in the
expression of opinion and freedom of choice
country, • Maintaining a safe physical and emotional environment
• Employ more than 24,000 staff, • Ensuring that the privacy and dignity of residents is respected
• Being an employer of choice and providing continuous
Nursing Homes Ireland is committed to providing leadership,
supporting members and promoting excellence. professional development and training
THIS WILL BE FULFILLED BY ENSURING HIGH STANDARDS
For a number of years, our members consistently and actively sought
• Working in partnership with our members and other the introduction of national standards for residential care settings
stakeholders to achieve best practice in the care of the older for older people. We have welcomed the establishment of the Health
person in all nursing homes Information and Quality Authority as the independent body charged
with ensuring that public, private and voluntary nursing homes
• Ensuring that providers have a voice in the strategic direction provide high quality care to their residents.
and development of future nursing homes services
MEETING THE TRUE COST OF CARE
• Achieving adequate and fair funding for nursing homes to NHI is advancing the critical requirement for an enhanced
enable them to provide high quality care for all framework that recognises and supports the increasingly complex
care requirements of nursing home residents. The private and
• Working in partnership to ensure that regulation is effective, voluntary nursing home sector must be provided with certainty
proportionate and transparent and a funding framework that ensures it is in a position to plan and
invest in meeting the increasing residential care needs of our ageing
OUR VISION FOR THE FUTURE population.
There is requirement for an enhanced evidence-based cost-of-care
As a nation, Ireland still has the resources to develop the best possible funding model to ensure the specialised care needs of those requiring
services to meet the needs of a growing older population. long-term residential care are addressed. An enhanced model to
support residents in long-term residential care must recognise the
We, in Nursing Homes Ireland have a significant contribution to increased dependency and complex care needs of residents in such
make in developing those services, so that residential care for our care. It must address specialised care needs of residents such as those
older people is the best that it can be. We have the expertise, the with dementia, acquired brain injury.
commitment and the willingness to work alongside the Government The current framework to support a resident’s long-term residential
and all other key stakeholders in the sector to ensure long-term care costs - the Nursing Home Support Scheme (Fair Deal) - fails to
residential care is meeting the increasingly complex care requirements recognise the role of the private and voluntary nursing home sector
of persons moving to nursing homes. in supporting acute and community care.
Our expertise and our ideas are of key importance in informing the KEY FACTS
development of public policy on the care of older people. We are
advancing and promoting this important debate, as key providers of
a vital part of the health service, and seeking the appropriate support
framework to meet the challenges of growing and funding the best
possible services for our older people.
Our vision that all residents of nursing homes are receiving optimal • Over 360 NHI members are key healthcare providers in local
care, is one we are continuously advancing through meaningful communities throughout Ireland. They have significantly
partnership with the Government, the HSE, the National Treatment invested to provide excellent standards of care and are
Purchase Fund as purchasers, HIQA as the regulator, wide-ranging regulated to the highest standards.
stakeholders, and our members who have responsibility to deliver
high quality care to those who need it. • The sector is a vital part of Ireland’s healthcare system.
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