A new scheme was introduced in Autumn of 2009 to help with the payment of nursing home fees in Ireland. The Nursing Homes Support Scheme is also known as “Fair Deal” by the Department of Health. The Fair Deal scheme replaced the old “subvention” scheme and can assist in the payment of charges for both […]
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Nursing Homes
Changes to the Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Changes to the Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Fair Deal) From July 24th some changes to the Nursing Homes Support Scheme were made – · An increase in the contribution from assets · Abolition of the requirement to backdate State support We wrote about the Fair Deal scheme here back in 2009 when it was introduced […]
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Fair Deal – Nursing Home Support Scheme
The new nursing home support scheme rules – “Fair Deal” are finally coming into force on October 27th 2009. We wrote about the details of the Fair Deal scheme here back in July. The new financial support scheme rules have been in the pipeline for many months – but finally a date has been set […]
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