"What happens when they are discharged from hospital and left on their own in their homes to administer their own medication, to light the fire? Mr O’Brien said a lot of the elderly people he deals with “get 20 minutes' home help a week, it’s miserable”. The HSE is also reducing the number of hours it “recycles” - when a client no longer requires home support and those hours are then offered to another client. Neither has it ruled out reducing the number of hours of home support available to people discharged from hospital. Jim Daly, minister with responsibility for older people, said home support supply can not keep up with demand.

Source: Irish Examiner June 14, 2019 17:15 UTC