Minister of State for Mental Health and Older People Mary Butler TD will visit Donegal this Friday to open the Ballyshannon Community Hospital.
The €36.7 million facility features 52 long stay beds, 20 short stay beds providing, convalescence, rehabilitation, respite and palliative care beds, 8 Dementia specific assessment beds and a Day Hospital Service.
The new hospital via Primary Care Services will provide a full range of supporting professional services for the older person in the South Donegal, North Leitrim and North Sligo areas.
Services include speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, dietician, podiatry, tissue viability nurse specialist, dentistry, audiology, clinical nurse specialist dementia, psychiatry of old age, social worker, advocacy, and spiritual services.
In addition, a hairdressing facility, newspapers/magazines/shopping requirements, dry cleaning, and taxis/transport will be made available to residents and patients.
