Ned O'Keeffe
Question:135 Mr. N. O’Keeffe asked the Minister for Health and Children if he knows that a health board is advising families to avail of long-term beds for their elderly relatives at a specific private nursing home in their area instead of giving them long-term care at their local geriatric hospital; if he knows that most of the persons receiving the information cannot meet the cost even with nursing home subventions; and if he is aware that one family was informed that the Government would meet the remainder of the cost of the nursing home after the old age pension was paid. [17051/04]
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