Health

ESRI: Big private operators now dominating nursing home sector

With the closure of almost 700 public beds, the sector is now ‘increasingly reliant’ on a small number of large profit-driven operators, says state research body

Nursing home care: since 2020, almost a fifth of all smaller private nursing homes with fewer than 30 beds also closed in Ireland, mainly in rural areas, but larger private operators have expanded. Picture: Getty