The Home Help service is one of a wide range of community based services being provided by the HSE including Primary Care Teams, Home Care Packages, Meals on Wheels, support to voluntary agencies that provide health and/or personal social services, etc.
The Home Help Service is a core community service enabling people who require some additional support to remain at home. The Home Help Service is also a critical mainstream support to older people in facilitating their early discharge from hospital and in preventing inappropriate admission to acute hospitals and long-stay residential care. As the budget for the Home Help service is finite, the outturn position in relation to the number of clients at the end of each year can depend on a number of operational factors, including the demands and complexities involved in providing the service to clients over the course of the year. This would account for the reduction in the number of clients, at year end, between 2008 and 2009.
Activity
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2006
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2007
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2008
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2009
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2010
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Hours provided
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10.8m
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11.78m
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11.96m
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11.97m
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11.98m (Target)
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No. of clients benefiting at 31st Dec each year
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49,578
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54,736
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55,366
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53,791
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54,500 (Target)
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Funding €
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185.4m
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206.4m
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211m
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211m
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211m
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