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HCCI Say Progress of Statutory Home Care Scheme is Not Good Enough

Dublin, 15th December 2021: Home and Community Care Ireland (HCCI), the organisation representing private home care providers, is calling on the Government to expedite the introduction of the statutory home care scheme, giving Irish citizens…
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Leaders of care associations met in London for the first time since the start of the pandemic.

London, 11th October 2021:  || Five Nations Care Forum, Communiqué 11 October 2021, http://www.fivenationscareforum.com/ || Leaders of care associations in England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland met in London…
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Jim Daly appointed Chair of Home and Community Care Ireland

Dublin, 17th May 2021: Jim Daly, former Minister for Mental Health & Older People, has been appointed Chair of Home and Community Care Ireland (HCCI). HCCI is the representative body for private home care providers in Ireland that employ…
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Home and Community Care Ireland (HCCI) welcomes Sláintecare action plan but warns that collaboration is needed to recruit additional home carers required.

Dublin, 12th May 2021: HCCI, the representative body for private home care providers, has welcomed the publication of the Sláintecare action plan but warns that a comprehensive workforce review is needed to recruit the additional home carers…
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Home care sector says up to 800 new carers needed to provide increased home care set out in Winter Plan 2020-21

Social Care Workforce Review needed to make Home First achievable HCCI announce Carers Employment Taskforce to provide a roadmap to improve working conditions for carers A new home care study identifies key actions for home care providers,…
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HCCI calls for proactive testing for elderly and vulnerable to keep low rate of infection in home care

Wednesday 13th May: Home and Community Care Ireland (HCCI) is calling on the Government to implement a proactive testing regime for home care clients to ensure that home remains the safest place during the COVID-19 pandemic.  As of Sunday 10th…
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Crucial that Government focuses on Home Care - the last and sustained frontier in the battle against COVID-19

58 of Home and Community Care Ireland’s (HCCI) 20,000 home care clients have tested positive for COVID-19 but the virus will be in our communities for months or years to come.   This makes home care both the last and the sustained frontier…

Home and Community Care Ireland conducts first ever Annual Curám Baile Survey

Thursday 14 March 2019: Home and Community Care Ireland today released the results of its first ever Annual Curám Baile Survey.  Joseph Musgrave, Chief Executive of Home and Community Ireland (HCCI), announced the results to members of HCCI…