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The proposed plan for the Dean Maxwell Community Nursing Unit is to retain respite and day services on the site, Cllr John Carroll has been told by the HSE. Cll...

A Tipperary TD says the future of the Dean Maxwell Unit in Roscrea has been turned into a political football A meeting convened by Taoiseach Micheál Martin was held last Friday with Minister’s Stephen Donnelly and Mary Butler also in attendance along with officials from the Department of Health. Deputy Michael Lowry – who sought […]

The future of the Dean Maxwell Unit in Roscrea should become a little clearer next week. The HSE plans to discontinue long term residential care at the centre in favour of a new facility in Nenagh. However locals in Roscrea have been fighting this move. Deputy Michael Lowry says Minister with Responsibility for Older People […]

A Tipperary TD is calling for the Dean Maxwell Unit to be included in funding for nursing homes across the country. The National Development Plan has allocated €1 billion in funding for 88 nursing homes, which do not currently meet the 2022 HIQA standards. Deputy Michael Lowry said this should include the Dean Maxwell in […]

Long-term residential care at the Dean Maxwell unit in Roscrea will end on January 1st, 2022, according to the Private Secretary to the Minister for Health. The correspondence was issued to Roscrea Community Development Council, the RCDC, stating that new HIQA standards coming into force next year mean that long term care won’t be possible. […]

Tipperary TD Michael Lowry says he was misled about the future of the Dean Maxwell Unit in Roscrea. A letter from the Health Minister’s private secretary to the Roscrea Community Development Council says the unit will not meet HIQA standards from January 1st. This will mean an end to long-term care at the facility which […]

Tipp FM Text 083 311 3311   Tipperary TD Michael Lowry says he remains hopeful of a positive resolution to the ongoing uncertainty about Dean Maxwell Nursing Home in Roscrea. The independent deputy raised the issue with Tánaiste Leo Varadkar again in the Dáil last week, after HSE officials stated in December their intention to downgrade services, and move long stay beds to Nenagh. Meetings have been held with community groups in the town over the past number of weeks, and they’...