A Clare care provider has described a government move to enshrine the right to home care in the law as an exciting prospect.
A new government-backed scheme will give people assessed as ‘in need of support’ a statutory right to a minimum level of care hours to remain at home.
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It won’t be in place for up to three years and has led to some concern that elderly people will be forced to make a payment towards their home help for the first time.
However, the Clonlara-native managing director of Home Instead Care Clare Liam Toland believes this will help matters: