BREAKING: HSE issues statement on developments at two Roscrea nursing homes

HSE Mid West Community Healthcare has issued a statement to the Tipperary Star in relation to care of the elderly in Roscrea and developments in relation to Mount Carmel Nursing Home and the Dean Maxwell.

The full statement is:

"HSE Mid West Community Healthcare welcomes all support for the development of Residential Older Person Services in Roscrea.  We are progressing a detailed feasibility assessment to map HSE services to the Older Persons population of the Roscrea area now and over the coming years.  We can now confirm that this has now taken an important step forward.

"Following on from an initial assessment, the HSE has given approval for an in-depth feasibility study regarding the potential acquisition of Mount Carmel Nursing Home, Roscrea.  This detailed process, which will commence shortly, will involve HSE Mid West Community Healthcare, the HSE National Office for Community Operations and the HSE Capital and Estates Division. 

"As part of this process, we will engage with relevant stakeholders over the coming months.  Preliminary discussions have been held between the HSE and representatives for the owners of Mount Carmel.

"The Mount Carmel site will be considered in the context of a multi-location solution for future service delivery in the Roscrea area. The HSE is planning for the continued delivery of care from the Dean Maxwell Unit as part of this solution, as well as examining the potential for the development of services at the Cré House site when it becomes vacant by 2024.

"Older Persons Services in the north Tipperary area will also be enhanced later in 2023 with the opening of the new state-of-the-art 50-bed Community Nursing Unit in Nenagh."