State of long-term care in Ireland
12 November 2024
| Technical document

Overview
This report provides an overview of long-term care policies, services and interventions in Ireland, drawing on a system-level technical assessment carried out between December 2023 and April 2024. Evidence-gathering and stakeholder-engagement activities followed the approach outlined in the report State of long-term care: a step-by-step implementation guide and were carried out by a team of international and national LTC experts. The assessment revealed four core areas of policy action that can promote sustainable transformation in long-term care in Ireland:
- improving integration through redesigning and expanding mechanisms of coordination between sectors;
- increasing public financing and restructuring financing mechanisms to pool resources;
- investing in the care workforce— both formal and informal—through interventions to plan, train, recruit and retain health and care workers; and
- ensuring interoperability and harmonization of information systems and strengthening capacity to analyse data to inform policies.
WHO Team
Editors
World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe
Reference numbers
WHO Reference Number: WHO/EURO:2024-10367-50139-75516