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ELDERLY people will pay “substantially” higher charges in public nursing homes from the end of the month.

This is because the Government is going to charge more for care in public HSE-run nursing homes.

But, under the long-awaited Fair Deal scheme, most of the payment can be deferred until after a patient dies when the money comes out of their estate.

From October 27, patients going into a nursing home for the first time will be assessed to see how much care they need and what family and social support they have. Then will then be assessed financially.

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