Community Palliative Care

Care that comes to you, at home.

Many families don’t realise specialist hospice care can be delivered in your own home. For most people, that’s exactly where they wish to be.

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Specialist care, in familiar surroundings

Our community palliative care nurses visit you at home, working alongside your GP and public health nurse to manage symptoms and offer support.

It means comfort, dignity and expert care without leaving the place, and the people, you love.

At home

“Because of the home team, Dad spent his last weeks in his own bed, looking out at his own garden.”

When someone tells us they want to die at home, we do everything we can to make that happen. Last year, 64% of our patients did, well above the national average of 22 to 23%. Every urgent referral is reviewed within 48 hours, and we’ve never had to put a family on a waiting list.

— Family member, Ballinrobe

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Ask about care at home

Speak to your GP about a referral and start the conversation about how community palliative care can support your family.

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Your gift today keeps a hospice bed open tomorrow.

Every euro you give funds specialist hospice care that is always free to local families. Choose an amount and see the difference it makes today.

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