Information about the Hospice Coffeee Morning
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Offaly Hospice Foundation
A little bit about what we do...
Offaly Hospice Foundation Ltd., is a fundraising committee formed over 20 years ago to provide financial support to the Palliative Care Team in Offaly. Read More...
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Mission Statement
Our Mission Statement
The Palliative Care team provide care for people at their end of life when the emphasis is gone from curing the patient to providing them with the best quality of life possible, allowing patients to be looked after in their own homes with all the medical, emotional and professional support that they and their families need.. . Read More...
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What is Palliative Care
A brief explanation on Palliative Care
The World Health Organization (WHO) definition of Palliative Care is as follows:
Palliative care is an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families facing the problems associated with life-threatening illness, through the prevention and relief of suffering by means of early identification and impeccable assessment and treatment of pain and other problems, physical, psychosocial and spiritual. . . Read More...
Offaly Hospice Fund-raising Overview
The main fund-raisers for Offaly Hospice are Sunflower Weekend which this year is being held on 10th & 11th June 2011 and Hospice Coffee Morning held in September, apart from these two national events money is raised through events held by individuals or organizations at different times throughout the year around the county. Offaly Hospice need volunteers every year in June to help with selling sunflowers and manning the different collections points around the county, likewise in September we look for volunteers to host coffee mornings in their homes or work places so if you are interested in volunteering you can do so by contacting Mary Murphy at 057 9328634 or by
e-mail at info@offalyhospice.ie or by calling into our office in the Cornloft .
