Home instead nationwide health services part 2

Nationwdie health services (Part 2)

Physiotherapy

Physiotherapy services are generally provided in the community and are generally free to medical card holders. Waiting lists operate in many areas. Home services are only available in a small number of cases.

Occupational Therapists

Occupational Therapists are employed by most local health offices. Their services are generally available free to medical card holders. Waiting lists operate in most community care areas for these services.

Chiropody Services

Chiropody Services are available free to medical card holders in most community care areas. Chiropodists treat a wide variety of foot and lower limb abnormalities, from verrucas to arthritis. Chiropodists work with people of all ages and play an important role in helping older and disabled people stay mobile and independent.

Technical aids

The HSE is obliged to provide medical and surgical aids and applications such as wheelchair and walking aids free of charge to medical card holders. If you do not have a medical card, you may get such aids and appliances free if they are part of the hospital treatment. In other cases, the HSE may provide some help with the costs. If you have private health insurance, you may be covered for some or all of the costs.

Respite Care

Respite care of temporary care may be based in the community or in an institution. In practice, respite care is provided to a varying degree at a number of locations around the country – in some cases by the HSE and in others by voluntary organisations or private providers such as Home Instead Senior Care.

Day Centres

Day services include centres that provide day activities such as recreational, sport and leisure facilities and specialising clinic facilities that provide a combination of medical and vocational rehabilitation services. They are provided on a variable basis throughout the country, some funded by the HSE and others funded by voluntary organisations. Day centres providing medical care are less widely available and funded by the HSE. Access to day centres is by referral and the eligibility conditions vary from area to area, with means tests applying in some cases.

Meal Services

Meal services are generally provided by a mixture of voluntary and statutory bodies. The ways in which these are provided vary from area to area. Access to meals services is generally by referral. You may be asked to contribute towards the costs of meals services and this can vary. Eligibility conditions vary from area to area.

Transport

Transport services are provided by the HSE on a varying basis throughout the country. These services include access to day hospitals and day centres and access to outpatient departments and other hospital services.

Other Services

Other community care services include social workers (there is a small number of specialist social workers for older people), speech therapists and dieticians.

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