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Elderly exclusion from hospital/ICU

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  • #52
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 89,006 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    beauf wrote: »
    You are conflating other countries with the HSE and Ireland. Which is disingenuous.

    I still think the HSE and Dept of Health failed here with nursing homes, these should have been one of the first looked after with PPE and testing
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  • #53
    beauf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,648 ✭✭✭✭beauf


    JP Liz V1 wrote: »
    I still think the HSE and Dept of Health failed here with nursing homes, these should have been one of the first looked after with PPE and testing

    Before ICU?

    Nursing homes are in general not medical facilities. You are not going to make then medically isolated in a few weeks. They don't have the staff.

    The point remains about talking about other countries and HSE together.


  • #54
    the14thwarrior
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 427 ✭✭the14thwarrior


    it was a cluster##k waiting to happen.
    they didn't put enough resources into the nursing homes initially
    PPE equipment not available, locked up since early march, testing in general a bit of a failure.
    they have no staff, half out sick, half on stress and tiredness, OT, SLT, PT filling the gaps in places.
    a big effort made to take people in from acute hospitals - this happened, and the money was made available to purchase all manner of equipment.

    yes the focus was on the hospitals.
    but now the focus is on the nursing homes

    they didn't do it on purpose
    mistakes were made, they now need to rectify them
    which in fairness they are.
    sad....


  • #55
    beauf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,648 ✭✭✭✭beauf


    As soon as one staff member has symptoms they isolate leaving the place short handed. By the time someone has symptoms they could have had it for a week.

    We were only testing people with symptoms. There was no capacity even for this at the start.

    It's not time to be pointing fingers. Extend the helping hand. Very tough job working in nursing homes even normally.


  • #56
    pinkyeye
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,293 ✭✭✭pinkyeye


    They are still not prioritising testing for staff of nursing homes. I know personally of 3 people self isolating whilst they await the results of their tests. They'll be recovered before they get the results. If priority was given to their tests they could get back to work or at least let the nursing home know there was a danger of an infection being in the home.


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