General News articles from the Irish Hospice Foundation. http://www.hospice-foundation.ie Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:57:36 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.hospice-foundation.ie/images/M_images/logo_hospice.gif http://www.hospice-foundation.ie General News articles from the Irish Hospice Foundation. http://www.hospice-foundation.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=575&Itemid=11 Warmest congratulations to all our cycling supporters who participated in either or both of our recent Kingspan/IHF Cycle Challenges: Dublin-Paris (18th-23rd July) and Paris-Geneva (24th-29th July). Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.hospice-foundation.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=574&Itemid=11 Dr Anne Merriman, an Irish doctor, has said she never witnessed so much suffering as one her visit to Nairobi Hospice in 1989. Patients with advanced disease, severe pain and gross disfigurement were sent home from hospital to die with... Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:21:01 +0100 http://www.hospice-foundation.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=573&Itemid=11 Ireland has been rated fourth out of 40 countries in the Quality of Death index. The index, a report from the Economist Intelligence Unit, was commissioned by the Lien Foundation. Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:30:32 +0100 http://www.hospice-foundation.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=541&Itemid=11 Hospital admissions through A E have a negative impact on care outcomes at the end of life, according to a unique national audit launched today, 19th May 2010, in tandem with the new Quality Standards for End-of-Life Care in Hospitals.... Thu, 20 May 2010 19:20:28 +0100 http://www.hospice-foundation.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=537&Itemid=11 IHF Head of Fundraising, Tim O'Dea, recently received a cheque for nearly €22,000 from Cormac Leonard, Commercial Director, John Hinde Ltd, representing the proceeds of IHF/John Hinde Christmas cards for 2009. Sun, 18 Apr 2010 18:03:06 +0100 http://www.hospice-foundation.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=535&Itemid=11 The IHF will provide the funding for the initial period of the appointment of Ireland's first Paediatric Palliative Care Consultant and five of the eight outreach nurses specified under the new policy. Click PR - Children's policy to... Thu, 25 Mar 2010 15:34:42 +0100 http://www.hospice-foundation.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=532&Itemid=308 The draw to select the winners in our Spring 2010 raffle took place in our offices on Wed. 9th June, in the presence of our auditors and a representative of An Garda Siochana. We are delighted to announce the winners,... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:19:48 +0100 http://www.hospice-foundation.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=526&Itemid=11 Matty Ryan, from Thurles, Co. Tipperary, sadly passed away on Sunday, 24th January, following an illness which he bore with courage and dignity. He will be greatly missed by all who knew him and particularly by all his friends in... Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:55:05 +0100 http://www.hospice-foundation.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=522&Itemid=11 The IHF's annual programme of 'Lunch Learn' seminars on managing grief at work will run from 3rd February to 16th March in 2010. Held in the IHF's city centre premises, the seminars run from 12.30-2.00 p.m., with a... Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:29:00 +0100 http://www.hospice-foundation.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=520&Itemid=11 The latest in the IHF's series of short leaflets on bereavement was launched on 8th December at the Royal Irish Academy in Dublin by RTE's Marian Finucane and fashion designer, Richard Lewis. The leaflet, Coping with the Death of Your... Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:59:01 +0100