老年人口正在增加，随之而来的是世界范围内的社会经济挑战。在国际上，一个公认的健康老龄化模式是“有照顾的支持性住房”，它为需要最少支持的老年人提供基本护理。在爱尔兰，公共提供老年人护理的政策是以养老院为基础的。为了进一步为政策提供参考，本研究探讨了支持性房屋的护理设施服务提供者的意见。采用了工具性案例研究方法。28名工作人员参加了焦点小组讨论;来自4个中心(n=24)的6名职员和来自1个中心(n=4)的4名职员。焦点小组参与者包括厨房/餐饮人员、洗衣人员/清洁工、多任务服务人员、保健助理、护理人员、学生护士和护士。每个中心分别采访5名经理(n=5)，共采访33人(n= 33)。从焦点小组和访谈数据中得出了六个主题:小心地获得支持性住房; advantages of supportive housing with care; provision of care; governance; older adult care options, and; improving supportive housing with care. Results indicated that supportive housing with care facilities were clearly viewed by staff as providing an essential older adult care service. However, participants perceived that supporting residents with increasing dependency levels, regulation, legislation and funding allocation needed to be addressed further when informing the future development of the model for supportive housing with care.