Resident or Family Members
Supporting End-of-Life Care in Nursing Homes
Caru promotes a holistic, person-centred care and a continuous quality improvement approach that places you and your family at the heart of every decision.
Good end-of-life care is about being supported to live well until you die.
Caru will ensure that anyone receiving end-of-life care
- Is respected and are at the centre of all decisions about their care
- Is prepared for what lies ahead
- Has choice, where possible, on their preferred place of care
- Has the supports they need for a good death.
- Is treated with dignity and receives comfort in their care as death approaches.
- Knows their family and those important to them will be supported in their grief after their death.
Resources to Help You on This Journey
This booklet is also available in in Hindi, Arabic, Polish, Romanian, Ukranian and Portuguese. To download these versions visist IHF’s Palliative Care page in the resources below.
This booklet is also available in in Hindi, Arabic, Polish, Romanian, Ukranian and Portuguese. To download these versions visist IHF’s Palliative Care page in the resources below.
The Information and Support Line (1800 60 70 66) is a confidential line that provides signposting, practical supports and resources about end-of-life care in Ireland. It is important to note that the Information and Support Line is not a medical, emergency or crisis service.
It is designed to provide information and practical support on:
- End-of-Life Care: An important part of palliative care provision and usually commences when a person is in their last year of life.
- Palliative Care: Supportive care offered throughout the progression of your life-limiting illness or at phases of your illness.
- Advanced Care Planning: Thinking about, talking about, and recording your choices, values, and preferences for your care at end of life and your wishes for your funeral.
IHF’s Bereavement Support Line, in partnership with the HSE, is there to provide connection, comfort and support. It is a shoulder for you to lean on.
It is a national, confidential, freephone service 1800 80 70 77 available from 10am to 1pm, Monday to Friday.
- A confidential space for people to speak about their experience or to ask questions relating to the death of someone they cared about.
- Listen to what a person says about what has happened.
- Provide comfort and emotional support.
- Provide any information that might help the caller, including information on practical supports.
- Provide support for employers or professionals who want to inform the care their organisation can offer to bereaved colleagues.
Your Complete Guide to End-of-Life and Advance Care Planning.
Think Ahead is a practical tool and customisable guide for advance care planning and end of life. It helps you document your healthcare choices and personal wishes. On this page, you will find resources to help you start to think and talk about your preferences for end of life.
Irish Hospice Foundation’s page on palliative care includes a booklet for people who have been diagnosed with a life-limiting condition (available in English, Hindi, Arabic, Polish, Romanian, Ukranian, and Portuguese), FAQs on palliative care, and more!
This summary report – The Real Financial Impact of Bereavement – shines a light on the true cost of bereavement on people’s lives, an area that has been overlooked in the past. The findings look at people’s preparedness (or lack of) for immediate funeral costs as well as the longer-term impacts on household income, employment circumstances and psychological wellbeing.