High Dependency Care (HDC) Course Dates
A
two day course for nurses (and/or student nurses in their final year)
A full in-depth and detailed high dependency care course covering the primary aspects that may
present with high dependency clients
These courses are
offered on an In-house and 'public' basis.
Places
on 'public' courses are limited and thus we must take bookings on a 'first come, first served
basis'.
Next
course:
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Dates
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Venue
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Places
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To Be Advised
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TBA |
(First come, first served) |
No further 'public' courses are currently scheduled. Our next High
Dependency Care course will be run later this year: check this web site for
details.
HDC Updates
ROI
News:
HSE under fire in new nursing home dispute
05 June 2011 By Susan
Mitchell Health Correspondent - Sunday Business
Post
Private nursing homes have more high-dependency patients than public nursing homes, yet they cost less,
according to a study of health watchdog figures collated by Nursing Homes Ireland (NHI).
It undermines Health Service Executive (HSE) claims that the reason for the 45% cost differential
between public and private beds was because public nursing homes treated sicker patients under the crisis-hit
Fair Deal scheme.
Tadhg Daly, CEO of Nursing Homes Ireland (NHI), which represents the private nursing home sector,
said the figures proved it was ‘‘a complete fallacy’’ to suggest that the cost of a bed in public nursing homes
was more expensive because they looked after sicker patients.
Full article can be found here: http://www.sbpost.ie/news/hse-under-fire-in-new-nursing-home-dispute-56744.html
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