Survey of elderly accommodation needs
The survey gathered information about elderly people in institutions and did not make recommendations on special accommodation needs; its findings were shared with health boards.
asked the Minister for Health the conclusions, if any, contained in his Department's survey into the need for special accommodation for old age people in Dublin.
Comment on this
The survey which has been carried out was concerned with ascertaining factual information about the number of elderly persons in certain institutions and about certain characteristics, such as age, social background and physical and mental abilities of these persons. The report of the survey, containing this information, was given to the health boards to help them in planning services for the elderly. It did not contain recommendations on special accommodation needs for the elderly.
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