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July 2021 – A snapshot survey, conducted by the Nursing Home Quality Initiative (NHQI) and completed by people identifying as relatives, advocates and in one case a nurse with over 30 years of experience, reveals that many of the serious concerns about nursing homes predate the pandemic. The survey was Read more…
July 2021 – The Nursing Home Quality Initiative (NHQI) – a group of concerned volunteer citizens – is angry and saddened but not surprised at the scenes that unfolded on tonight’s Prime Time. In our view, many of these issues have been endemic for years – COVID-19 has just exposed Read more…
December 2020: A new group, Nursing Home Quality Initiative (NHQI) led by concerned, volunteer citizens from around Ireland, has pledged to campaign for systemic change in the care and quality of life of older people. The group is calling for volunteers to join and become actively involved. All NHQI members either currently Read more…
October 2020 – From a letter to The Sunday Independent A chara – I wish to refer to Maeve Sheehan’s article in the Sunday Independent of the 27th September last entitled ‘Care Home Put Elderly to Bed at 5.00 pm’ on a fine summer’s afternoon. I experienced the same problem Read more…
October 2020 – https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2020/1019/1172393-an-post-initiative/
October 2020 – https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/music-ensemble-gifts-huge-ray-of-sunshine-to-nursing-home-residents-1.4389588
https://lovin.ie/lifestyle/pen-pal-project-volunteers-wanted-to-send-letters-to-care-home-residents
From a Letter to the Irish Times – September 2020 A chara, – The Ombudsman is to be commended for drawing attention to a gap in the complaints system available to nursing home residents and their families (Simon Carswell, “Further powers to investigate complaints over deaths in care sought”, News, Read more…
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/complaints-system-and-nursing-homes-1.4356604