The Irish Hospice Foundation welcomes the newly published report Finite Lives which examines State Services around dying, death and bereavement. Angela Edghill, Irish Hospice Foundation, Advocacy and Public Engagement Manager said the ground breaking report is the first of its kind and proves that dying is everyone’s business. Ms […]
Irish Hospice Foundation and Neurological Alliance of Ireland look at palliative care needs of people with advancing neurological illness
The Irish Hospice Foundation with the Neurological Alliance of Ireland has commenced a project that is looking at the palliative care needs of people with an advancing neurological illness from the perspective of Neurological Alliance of Ireland member organisations. Palliative care needs This project aims to establish the palliative care needs of people with advancing […]
GRANT CALL 2014 NOW OPEN – DEVELOPMENT IN HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE
The Irish Hospice Foundations grant scheme A is now open for 2014 applications. This grant scheme is aimed at assisting development in palliative care. Capital development applications are excluded. Applicants should demonstrate rigour and sound evaluation in proposals and indicate where services would be developed. The scheme is open to clinicians, other professionals and/or managers […]
THE IRISH HOSPICE FOUNDATION SEEKS CLARITY ABOUT SPECIALIST PALLIATIVE CARE BUDGET
The Irish Hospice Foundation (IHF) has written today to Tony O’Brien, Director General of the Health Service Executive seeking clarification that a budget for specialist palliative care will be unveiled in sectoral budgets published in January 2014. While welcoming the HSE plan to provide €1m to support the phased opening of specialist palliative care beds […]