# palliative-care - Sunday 3 October, 2021
# Cancer
# Cancer
The mother-of-two said she hopes chemotherapy will keep her alive ‘until Christmas at least’.
# palliative-care - Saturday 18 September, 2021
# Palliative Care Week
# Palliative Care Week
Dr Peter May and Professor Charles Normand say palliative care in Ireland must be expanded now to meet current and future needs.
# palliative-care - Sunday 4 October, 2020
# Palliative Care
# Palliative Care
The Irish Cancer Society has reported a rise in requests for its home-based palliative care service.
# palliative-care - Sunday 13 September, 2020
# Palliative Care Week
# Palliative Care Week
The survey found that a third of people think palliative care is a last resort, when in fact it can be used for a number of years.
# palliative-care - Tuesday 21 April, 2020
# Hospice
# Hospice
Due to Covid-19, the hospice is now restricting visitors to two at a time for patients.
# palliative-care - Tuesday 10 September, 2019
# Palliative Care Week
# Palliative Care Week
Niall, from Athlone, writes about how he used to think that palliative care was for “the old, the very sick and the dying”, but it’s helping him.
# palliative-care - Sunday 9 September, 2018
# Opinion
# Opinion
Lilian Bell writes about her father, Donal Bell, on the eve of Palliative Care Week 2018.
# palliative-care - Monday 23 July, 2018
# Palliative Care
# Palliative Care
Last year the Irish Cancer Society’s night nursing service provided 7,345 nights of care to 1,818 patients around the country.
# palliative-care - Saturday 28 April, 2018
# Our Lady's Hospice
# Our Lady's Hospice
“This may be the last room someone will live in.”
# palliative-care - Friday 12 January, 2018
# North Wicklow
# North Wicklow
The woman’s daughter, Siobhán Tobin, wrote an open letter to the Health Minister about trying to access out of hours services.
# palliative-care - Wednesday 22 November, 2017
# Euthanasia
# Euthanasia
Prominent Right to Die with Dignity campaigner Tom Curran appeared before the Joint Committee on Justice and Equality today.
# palliative-care - Tuesday 10 October, 2017
# Have Your Say
# Have Your Say
The Irish Hospice Foundation gathered opinions of over 2,000 people.
# palliative-care - Sunday 8 October, 2017
# All Ireland Study
# All Ireland Study
A new study examined the palliative care needs on the island of Ireland by surveying hundreds of GPs and psychiatrists.
# palliative-care - Saturday 2 September, 2017
# Read Me
# Read Me
I are currently working on memory books. I’m going to leave these for my children containing memories of happy times baking and camping, writes Evelyn Wakefield.
# palliative-care - Wednesday 23 November, 2016
# New Jersey
# New Jersey
The court also granted her request for care to relieve pain or discomfort.
# palliative-care - Thursday 6 October, 2016
# Opinion
# Opinion
Watching a loved one slip away is hard enough, writes Denis Goodbody, but good palliative care supports the family as well as the patient.
# palliative-care - Wednesday 5 October, 2016
# Palliative Care
# Palliative Care
Our Lady’s Hospice in Harold’s Cross has a hair salon, a therapy golden retriever Rían, and an oratory to host services such as christenings and weddings.
# palliative-care - Monday 3 October, 2016
# LET US LIVE
# LET US LIVE
Carmel Geoghegan looked after her dying mother in 2014 but has hit out at what seriously sick people face today.
# palliative-care - Monday 6 June, 2016
# End Of Life
# End Of Life
According to new research, one family member said trying to get help for a loved one was like “dealing with the mafia”.
# palliative-care - Sunday 22 May, 2016
# Opinion
# Opinion
Mairead Dunford writes about her son Kevin, who died aged nine, and how he taught their family how to love even though he had a life-limiting condition.
# palliative-care - Friday 25 March, 2016
# Palliative Care
# Palliative Care
Some 95% of people with cancer there will never access treatment such as chemotherapy, radiology or oncology.
# palliative-care - Wednesday 23 December, 2015
# Palliative Care
# Palliative Care
We speak to a patient and nurse about life in a hospice.
# palliative-care - Sunday 15 November, 2015
# Last Rites
# Last Rites
Anne Tan’s career changed after meeting two terminally ill children.
# palliative-care - Monday 8 June, 2015
# Health
# Health
Early palliative care for advanced cancer patients is better for the patient and produces serious savings.
# palliative-care - Thursday 25 December, 2014
# Christmas
# Christmas
The Irish Cancer Society Night Nursing Service provides palliative care to cancer patients at the end of their cancer journey during the night, so they can stay in the comfort of their home, surrounded by the ones they love.
# palliative-care - Saturday 11 October, 2014
# Palliative Care
# Palliative Care
LauraLynn palliative carers are looking after 40 families, who say the HSE respite could be organised a lot quicker.
# palliative-care - Monday 6 October, 2014
# Care
# Care
Palliative care is not just about pain relief for older people during their final days – it’s about quality of life for your loved one.
# palliative-care - Wednesday 1 October, 2014
# Cancer
# Cancer
The SLHF eventually wants to open a 12-bed hospice in St Luke’s Hospital.
# palliative-care - Tuesday 15 July, 2014
# End Of Life Care
# End Of Life Care
The Health and Children Committee launched a report on end-of-life care based on submissions from stakeholders, experts and the public.
# palliative-care - Wednesday 21 May, 2014
# Hospice
# Hospice
The fund want to continue working towards a 12 bed unit.
# palliative-care - Wednesday 7 May, 2014
# Opinion
# Opinion
Do the Irish really ‘do death well’? We certainly know how to toast the departed, but we have a deep-rooted discomfort around discussing any practical aspect of death.
# palliative-care - Monday 10 March, 2014
# Good And Bad
# Good And Bad
The qualitative survey aims to improve policy and services across the country.
# palliative-care - Thursday 14 November, 2013
# Palliative Care
# Palliative Care
The HSE said the focus is on ensuring it maintains and improves palliative care services.
# palliative-care - Saturday 12 January, 2013
# Crossword
# Crossword
The legendary crossword setter Araucaria told readers that he had “18 down of the 19″ – cancer of the oesophagus.
# palliative-care - Thursday 19 January, 2012
# Palliative Care
# Palliative Care
The Irish Hospice Foundation has raised concerns about the cuts imposed to the palliative care budget by the HSE’s National Service Plan.
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