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A pathfinder project is underway in Cork.  

The first event in the new Pathfinder Project was held on 23^rd November in Cork. The key-note presentation was by Dr. Kieran McKeown ‘What influences where people die in Cork’. 

In September 2010 the HFH Programme launched Final Journeys 1 & 2; an introductory programme aimed at enhancing the quality of interactions between patients at end of life, their families and hospital staff. A review of this programme was carried out in 2011 and the results are now available

The premiere  screening of the Documentary “UGANDA - No Country for Old Men” will take place at the Science Gallery, Pearse Street on Friday 18th November at 7pm.  Refreshments (wine and canapés) served from 6.30 pm.

This event is bing hosted by Hospice Africa Ireland and the Irish Hospice Foundation

This remarkable story reveals the pioneering work of Dr. Anne Merriman and Hospice Africa Uganda in developing a unique model for the provision of pain medication to cancer patients who do not have access to even the most basic medical care.

The End of Life Committee in Waterford Regional Hospital have created a unique video to increse the awareness of the end of life symbol.

The Forum on End of Life in Ireland is an Irish Hospice Foundation initiative.  During 2009 it engaged with the public on end-of-life issues to find what people in Ireland believed about dying, death and bereavement.

The 2011 Forum on End of Life was attended by over 300 people on October 12th in Dublin.

Report published from the first Introductory Summer School in End-of-Life Care Practice Development.