Home care

Bluebird Care Dublin South East Lead Care Co-ordinator and Office Manager, Emma Dennis, discusses her career journey and why she loves her job.

The Department of Health has today published “Statistics on Community Care for Adults in Northern Ireland 2021 - 2022.

We hear from Jonathan Cunningham MBE, social care keynote and motivational speaker, about why care providers “need” to go digital.

“If a client is admitted to hospital, we can’t charge the HSE for the care hours lost. This means the carer does not get paid.” John Florence, Irish HomeCare CEO, discusses how the government can help tackle recruitment and his plans for the company to be a catalyst for change in the social care sector.

The domiciliary care provider hopes that a fleet of electric cars and bikes will help not only reduce costs for its employees but address its own carbon footprint too.

The Minister for Mental Health and Older People, Mary Butler TD (pictured), has advised older people to stay safe during the hot weather with high temperatures forecast for the coming days.  

HSE advises carers about heat stress, heat exhaustion and heatstroke as potentially serious health risks for people.

The south-east has the highest number of people on homecare waiting lists, according to new research.

Homecare provider Connected Health has announced the creation of 100 new social care jobs in County Mayo.

The Health Service Executive (HSE) has begun the recruitment of 128 care needs facilitators as part of a new, statutory home support scheme.