Over €400k raised for children's hospice LauraLynn following Liveline appeal
It took less than 48 hours for the money to be donated.
It took less than 48 hours for the money to be donated.
Due to Covid-19, the hospice is now restricting visitors to two at a time for patients.
The Irish Hospice Foundation said that it had sought “clarity and advice” from the HSE on the matter.
Dr Aidan McKiernan, a Senior Clinical Psychologist with the LauraLynn Children’s Hospice, spoke to TheJournal.ie ahead of Children’s Hospice Week.
“This may be the last room someone will live in.”
The Irish Hospice Foundation gathered opinions of over 2,000 people.
A new study examined the palliative care needs on the island of Ireland by surveying hundreds of GPs and psychiatrists.
A judge made the order after an agreement on Charlie’s end-of-life care plan couldn’t be found.
Great Ormond Street Hospital said moving Charlie home would not be practical.
The Irish Hospice Foundation has said investing in bereavement services and end-of-life care will benefit society as a whole.
Tara Curran said the family’s spirits were lifted when they received a special gift from hospice staff on Christmas Eve.
The Irish Hospice Foundation wants people to talk about death, dying and grief more openly.
Watching a loved one slip away is hard enough, writes Denis Goodbody, but good palliative care supports the family as well as the patient.
“The hospice just embraces death … and gives people the finest death possible.”
The teenager was too sick to leave the hospice – so Florence came to her.
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.
Some 95% of people with cancer there will never access treatment such as chemotherapy, radiology or oncology.
‘The patients here teach you how to live.’
We speak to a patient and nurse about life in a hospice.
This time of year can be particularly difficult for someone who has lost a loved one.
How do people who are around death as a job handle it?
A conversation between 300 people – about dying.
Wendy has terminal cancer.
Don’t worry, it’s not as worrying as it sounds.
It’s being put in a book in aid of the Irish Hospice Foundation.
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.
The SLHF eventually wants to open a 12-bed hospice in St Luke’s Hospital.
The Oireachtas Health Committee launched its report on end-of-life care this afternoon.
Dozens of Irish people are set to cycle across Spain to raise vital funds for night nurses.
Pádraig Schaler is in the care of a hospital in Hamburg, and his family want to help others in similar situations.
A new report has highlighted how end of life care in Ireland could be improved.
A pilot programme is to be rolled out over the next 12 months.
The fund want to continue working towards a 12 bed unit.
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.
Money raised will go to a programme to support families caring for their seriously ill children at home.
Laurie Kilmartin’s father is dying from lung cancer.
There should be 450 hospice beds in the country. Today, there are only 155 hospice beds available.
Since its establishment in 2003, National Pyjama Day has raised over €1.73 million for children’s charities in Ireland.
The props, which were donated by Steven Spielberg, were held back from a previous auction and will go towards the Wicklow Hospice Foundation.