So that’s nearly Wednesday wrapped up. Here’s some of the stories we published on irishexaminer.com today which we hope will help you make sense of it all this evening.

The Irish Hospice Foundation has welcomed clarification from the HSE that patients given a medical card after a diagnosis of terminal illness will not lose it if they live longer than expected.

The HSE has apologised to a terminally ill father of three after twice revoking his medical card.

Pregnancy loss is the most common complication of pregnancy.

Family rooms should be the norm, and not a luxury, in all new hospital builds as part of a move to improve end-of-life care, a new report has found.

It’s a short commute from my home in Carrickmines to the hospice in Leopardstown.

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Getting your house in order may not be your most pressing concern, but it will be of great benefit to your grieving family, writes Ellie O’Byrne.

Only one in 20 dementia patients who die each year pass away at home, research by the Irish Hospice Foundation shows.

Fatal farm accident data shows that 80% of deaths in the first five months of 2016 were associated with vehicles and machinery.

Looks like we’re in for a treat!

Consumer advice with Gráinne McGuinness

Children with life-limiting illness should get medical cards, as well as those with cancer, the Irish Hospice Foundation has urged.

One mum’s way of coping with what life threw at her led her daughter on a voyage of discovery, says Áilín Quinlan

Using straightforward language when talking about death is important when supporting bereaved children in class, teachers have been told.

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Three in four people in Ireland want to die at home, but despite their wishes, most will die in a hospital.

Almost three-quarters of Irish people (74%) want to die at home - according to a new survey by the Irish Hospice Foundation.

Social networking and the role it can play in young people’s grief is at the centre of discussions this morning as a national conference on childhood bereavement gets underway.

A patient group representing children with life-limiting conditions has warned that Ireland is "back to where we were at the very start" of the medical card crisis due to the Government’s expert panel findings.

A 79-year-old woman who telephoned her son from her hospital bed to say she was dying was one of the worst complaints about end-of-life care received by ombudsman Peter Tyndall.

Seven out of 10 family carers are worried that their dependents may be at risk of malnutrition.

Thousands of people will be out in force today in an effort to raise funds for hospice services as forecasters predict heavy rain to spread across the country.

A UCC-based team of experts is breaking new ground in helping people decide their end-of-life care, writes Colette Sheridan.

The Irish Hospice Foundation says it fears it will not be able to provide home care services for children because of HSE cutbacks.

There are just 155 hospice beds available at a time when there should be 450, it emerged at yesterday’s meeting of the Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children

Social rights groups have turned up the heat on the Government, demanding some budget cuts be overturned.

A national dementia and alzheimer’s service improvement plan which was meant to be implemented by the end of this year will fail to meet its target.

Up to 2,500 terminally ill patients are being denied hospice inpatient care every year because of repeated government failures to meet “best practice” standards.

Up to 2,500 terminally-ill patients are denied access to hospice inpatient care each year because of the lack of services nationwide, it emerged today.

A two-year funding delay for 20 vital Cork hospice care beds is set to end this autumn — meaning terminally-ill people will get the care they need.

YOUR loved one is dying, in an hour or less.

The mortuary at a busy city hospital has undergone a €200,000 revamp to enhance the dignity for deceased patients and their grieving families.

Terminally ill children in need of respite care are sometimes subject to apostcode lottery when it comes to accessing the service, a report reveals.

A campaign group on issues affecting older people has announced it will close at the end of June when its grant funding runs out.

The newly bereaved or members of the public who are struggling to cope with loss are being invited to attend a special presentation led by the author and broadcaster, Christy Kenneally, at University College Cork.