Ahead of a National Ceremony of Remembrance and Reflection this weekend, the families are again calling on the Government to support a public inquiry into nursing homes deaths during the pandemic.
"He was a great family man. He loved his home, he was so proud it. He loved his grandchildren. Neighbours loved him and when you would see him there would always be a laugh and a joke," she said. On 15 April Vivienne McNally found out two residents of Dealgan House who had contracted Covid-19 had passed away.
"You want your family at this time, you want someone to give you a hug. You want to share stories about your father. We had to all stay on our own. Nobody should have to go through that," she added.For Oliver Crewe's family, it has also been a difficult two years. On 17 April 2020 the family were informed their father Oliver had a temperature. The same day the RCSI hospital group took over the management of the nursing home to ensure safe staffing levels.
"We never got to see him dressed up one last time. My last memories of him are of him lying there, helpless, alone. Coming from such a big family, that was hard," she added. "We haven’t been provided with any mechanism to get an investigation underway. The Health Minister Stephen Donnelly knows how much information we have from freedom of information," said Vivienne McNally.
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