Ideal care
So when she got ill four years ago, it was a just a short journey to Valentia Island Cottage Hospital, where she was welcomed by staff and patients who knew her and her family.
It’s an ideal place, says her son Edward, a secondary school teacher in Killarney. “The staff know the family, the patient themselves — it’s more than a job to a lot of them. That’s what makes the difference between a community hospital and a large nursing home where people wouldn’t know each other.
