The State’s largest nursing home specifically for dementia patients faces closure over a funding crisis. Managed by St John of God Hospital, St Joseph’s accommodates 60 people living with dementia and provides two respite beds and 120 daycare places. Management are today briefing families and staff about the funding crisis they say the facility faces. It says it has covered the €7 million financial shortfall at St Joseph’s from its own resources since 2012, but another €1.2 million is needed next year. “People living with dementia have very different needs to elderly people living in care facilities without dementia,” according to chief executive Emma Balmaine.

Source: The Irish Times November 06, 2019 09:41 UTC