If you have a family member or a friend who is currently a resident of a nursing home, you will be pleased to hear that new measures are being introduced today that will allow for a resident to receive two visits a week from external visitors.  To tell us more about nursing home visitation, is the CEO of Nursing Homes Ireland, Tadhg Daly.

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