We fund the Nurses for Night Care service for people dying with illnesses other than cancer. Nurses for Night Care enable people with diseases like dementia, motor neurone disease, advanced respiratory disease, heart failure and end stage kidney disease to receive expert nursing care and support at night in their own homes in their final days. It also provides reassurance and respite for families and loved ones caring for someone at home.
Referrals to the service are made by your local specialist palliative care home care team which can be accessed through your GP/consultant.
The nurses provide night nursing care, practical support and reassurance for the person and their loved ones in the last days of their life.
- This service is provided free of charge by Irish Hospice Foundation via the Irish Cancer Society Night Nursing Service.
- Nurses for Night Care is funded through public donations received by Irish Hospice Foundation, and funding support provided by the HSE since 2016.
- Demand for this vital service continues to grow every year.
- In 2023, 2,920 nights of nursing care were delivered to 1,000 people across Ireland at a cost of €1,106,769.85.
- If you would like to make a donation to Nurses for Night Care, please click here.
Nurses are urgently needed for this vital service. Enquire here about becoming a Night Nurse.
This service is provided via the Irish Cancer Society Night Nursing Service who we work very closely with. The processing of these Nurses for Night Care referrals made to the Irish Hospice Foundation comply with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), please refer to Irish Hospice Foundation’s privacy statement for further details.
What the service provides
Nurses for Night Care enables people with diseases like dementia, motor neurone disease, advanced respiratory disease, heart failure and end stage kidney disease to receive expert nursing care and support at night in their own homes in their final days. It also provides reassurance and respite for families and loved ones caring for someone at home.
If you or your loved one is receiving this service, our thoughts are with you and your family at this time.
