Cecilia Keaveney
Question:56 Cecilia Keaveney asked the Minister for Health the number and locations of respite care places currently available in County Donegal. [17432/96]
Written Answers. - Donegal Respite Care.
Cecilia Keaveney
Question:57 Cecilia Keaveney asked the Minister for Health the number of people who are deemed to need respite care in County Donegal; and whether all those who need such care can be catered for. [17433/96]
Limerick East): I propose to take Questions Nos. 56 and 57 together. According to the North-Western Health Board there are up to 1,108 persons (476 people with mental handicap and 632 people with physical disabilities) in Donegal residing at home who benefit from respite care.
Respite care is currently provided throughout the North-Western Health Board region by means of (i) support into the home i.e. carers, (ii) the home to home scheme and (iii) respite care places in the mental handicap units, community hospitals and physical handicap residential units.
There are currently 21 respite care places available in mental handicap units in Donegal. In addition, the Little Angels Association in Letterkenny provides weekend respite care and holiday respite during the month of August.
People with physical disabilities can avail of respite care in each of the health board's community nursing units and district hospitals. In addition, there are four beds available in St. Joseph's, Carndonagh and two to three in the Rock Welfare Home. Respite beds. funded by the board, are also available for respite care in private nursing homes. In addition Letterkenny Cheshire Home has two respite care places. The following table gives the location of respite care places in County Donegal.
In addition to the above facilities respite care is also provided for Donegal residents in Manorhamilton, Dún Laoghaire and in Northern Ireland.
Respite Care Places in County Donegal.
LOCATION
Mental Handicap
Sean O'Hare Unit, Stranorlar
Residential Unit, Bundoran
James Connolly Memorial Hospital, Carndonagh
Hostel, Glencare Park, Letterkenny
Piermont House, Dungloe
Hostel, Meadowbank Park, Letterkenny
Hostel, Gweedore Road, Dungloe
Little Angels Association, Letterkenny
St. Martin's Respite House, Falcarragh
Physical Handicap
Community Nursing Units:
Falcarragh
Ramelton
Buncrana
Five District Hospitals:
Dungloe
Lifford
Shiel Hospital, Ballyshannon
Donegal
Carndonagh
The Rock Welfare Home
St. Joseph's Geriatric Home, Stranorlar
Eight Registered Nursing Homes
Letterkenny Cheshire Home