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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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HCCI calls for a nuanced approach to covid-19 management, and new social interaction guidelines for vaccinated clients and carers

Home and Community Care Ireland (HCCI) is calling on NPHET and the Government to move forward with a more nuanced approach to managing covid-19, and to provide social interaction guidelines for vaccinated home care clients and their carers so…
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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…
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Homecare sector responds to the need of Ireland’s most vulnerable during the COVID-19 crisis

HCCI home carers to be temporarily redeployed to support the most vulnerable in the community and front-line health care colleagues in nursing homes Thursday 2 April 2020: Home and Community Care Ireland (HCCI), the national body for home…
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Home care sector seeks financial stability from the Government to maintain frontline capacity amid Covid-19 threat

Self-isolations: up 163% among home care clients and 216% among carers since 18th March Thursday 26 March 2020:  Home and Community Care Ireland (HCCI) is seeking financial stability from the HSE and Department of Health as the organisation…
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Home care providers seek emergency measures to continue operating in face of COVID-19 and alleviate pressure on hospitals

Home care providers seek emergency measures to continue operating in face of COVID-19 and alleviate pressure on hospitals Wednesday, 18th March 2020: Home and Community Care Ireland (HCCI) – the national membership organisation for companies…
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HCCI COVID-19 National Action Plan

Wednesday 18 March: Home and Community Care Ireland (HCCI) – the national membership organisation for companies that provide home care services – has today  published its COVID-19 home care action plan.  The plan sets out six urgent recommendations…
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1M additional funded hours for home care welcomed by HCCI

1M additional funded hours for home care welcomed by Home and Community Care Ireland Tuesday 8 October 2019: Today, Tuesday 8th October 2019, Minister for Finance & Public Expenditure and Reform, Paschal Donohoe T.D., announced an increase…