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Palliative and hospice care provide enormous comfort to those near the end of their lives, can make life better for the chronically ill and eases burdens on families and caregivers. But the painful reality is that this care is not nearly as available as it should…

Investment in end-of-life care has made Ireland a world leader in advancing palliative and hospice care but regional inequities persist, according to an evaluation by Professor Mary McCarron and colleagues at Trinity College Dublin. The evaluation examined The Atlantic Philanthropies’ End of Life programme –…

In February 2012, the staff and patients at St Patrick's Hospital Marymount Hospice in Cork moved from an old Victorian red brick building where the hospice had operated for 141 years to a new, best-in-class hospital that is the most advanced palliative care facility in…

By Deborah Condon [caption id="attachment_44590" align="alignright" width="300"] The Palliative Hub website provides information about palliative care throughout Ireland.[/caption] A new website, which aims to provide information about palliative care throughout Ireland, has been launched. The site has been launched to coincide with Palliative Care Week…

by Grainne Cunningham NO-ONE should have to endure the "fear and the pain and the dread" that goes with terminal illness without the sort of palliative care received by writer Nuala O'Faolain in her dying days, her old friend Marian Finucane said last night. Ms…

This baseline study found a wide regional divergence in the range of services and care options available to people in the Republic of Ireland and also revealed a significant shortfall in government funding as well as a consequent lack of progress in the development of…

This study captures the impact and lessons of Atlantic’s €58 million investment to help build the field of palliative care. It offers insights into what it takes to develop a community of organizations and individuals working towards a common goal using a shared body of…

This report presents findings from four recent economic studies of palliative care. Three of the studies were funded by Atlantic; the fourth was funded by the National Cancer Institute and National Institute for Nursing Research in the United States, with the economic analyses conducted through…

Rapidly-ageing Irish population behind trend, new study suggestsIncreases in funding will be needed to cater for the increase in deaths from cancer, dementia and neurodegenerative diseases according to new research. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien/The Irish TimesBy Paul CullenIreland has the fastest rising need for palliative care…

By Ronald Piana Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it. —Helen Keller, Optimism, 1903 [caption id="attachment_44580" align="alignleft" width="292"] Diane E. Meier, MD, FACP is director of the Center to Advance Palliative Care.[/caption] Shortly past 8:00 AM…