Hospice: ‘Utilising good neighbours is going back to the way things were’

A hospice in the Mid-West is bucking the trend to ensure palliative care patients do not face the trauma of dying in overcrowded acute hospitals.

Countywide, about 40% of palliative care patients die in acute hospitals. But the figure for the greater Limerick area is less than 12%.

The dramatic change in the lives of people coping with terminal illness is due to the manner in which Milford Care Centre Hospice in Limerick has developed its extensive community and home-based services.