The number of people waiting for a home care package in Northern Ireland has risen by more than 60% since October 2021
Many people need regular visits from carers in order to be able to live in their own homes
The August figures show that another 1,591 people were awaiting part of their assessed domiciliary care package.was designed to allow domiciliary care companies to offer improved pay rates and terms and conditions and to potentially attract more staff.Without this assistance, some patients have to stay in hospital or residential care.
"I am still working on trying to get Brenda home, having meetings with social workers and they still have no carers and Brenda has been top of the list for over a year.Terence said "the people in power should be doing more about this".The Department of Health told BBC Radio Foyle that the funding had been rolled out across Northern Ireland's hospital trusts.
"[The department] does not hold this information as we would not have access to HR information for private companies," it added.
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