Sooner or later, all of us will face our final hours. But choosing how, where, and who is there when you leave this world makes all the difference. This is how your kindness is bringing the comfort and consideration they may not otherwise have felt to older people in nursing homes across Ireland. […]
Your Irish Hospice Foundation Autumn 2024 Newsletter
Sooner or later, all of us will face our final hours. But choosing how, where, and who is there when you leave this world makes all the difference. This is how your kindness is bringing the comfort and consideration they may not otherwise have felt to older people in nursing homes across Ireland. […]
Your Irish Hospice Foundation Spring 2024 Newsletter
Every day in Ireland, around 100 people die, and today a thousand of us will feel the raw, unbearable pain of fresh grief. But because of you, when a person is drowning in grief and feels unable to speak to anyone else, a listening ear is waiting for them. […]
Primary Palliative Care Steering Committee Newsletter
Providing updates on palliative care within community settings […]
Your Irish Hospice Foundation Autumn 2023 Newsletter
When you’re losing the person you love, it’s hard to put into words the immeasurable peace and comfort, even an hour with one of our Nurses for Night Care can bring. Shona’s family said of Nurse Mary that “she was like an angel arriving on our doorstep” […]
Your Irish Hospice Foundation Summer 2023 Newsletter
The pandemic might feel like a distant memory to many of us now, but for people like Kara — who lost someone she loves to COVID — its impact is still raw and very real. But, Kara says, she’s grateful to you beyond words for the gift you gave her when her mam was near the end. […]
Your Irish Hospice Foundation Spring 2023 Newsletter
Tom was 52 when he was diagnosed with motor neurone disease. His heartbroken wife Helen and children were by his side every step of the way. But for your generosity, says Helen, she couldn’t have fulfilled Tom’s wish to die at home. […]
Your Irish Hospice Foundation Autumn 2022 Newsletter
News of your compassion reaching people touched by death and grief across Ireland Autumn 2022
Thank you for the millions of tender moments you give people in their dying days and nights […]
Your Irish Hospice Foundation Summer 2022 Newsletter
Even as the pandemic parted people from their families in their dying days, you gave profound and precious moments of comfort. […]
Your Irish Hospice Foundation Spring 2022 Newsletter
At a time when more people than ever wish to take their final breaths in their own home, wrapped in the warmth of their family’s love, your generosity makes it possible. […]