Gareth O'Callaghan: Ageism is the last permitted prejudice - that's why nursing home scandals continue
Admissions to the Portlaoise nursing home have been halted by Hiqa after recent revelations on RTÉ. File photo
It’s been a frightening fortnight for our elderly folk since the airing of Inside Ireland’s Nursing Homes by , which discovered a litany of disturbing practices and dire conditions at two specific nursing homes – The Residence in Portlaoise and Beneavin Manor in north Dublin.
As the architect Frank Lloyd Wright once said: “The longer I live, the more beautiful life becomes.” I didn’t feel that sentiment in the horrors I watched that evening on RTÉ, mixed with a sense of déjà vu.
