Throughout my nursing carer, I have developed a professional curiosity for knowledge and ways to improve healthcare for people and their families. I am now working as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner in District Nursing
The most recent census showed that 12% of people residing in Ireland are non-Irish nationals (CSO, 2022), alongside significant numbers of refugees and applicants for international protection. This shift in demographics is evident in GP surgeries and primary care centres, hospitals and hospices, and now it makes its way into cancer wards and hospices. For Irish palliative care services, it is part of their everyday experience…
Pain is the most common and distressing symptom for children at the end of life, with management challenges causing significant distress for patients and caregivers. This review aims to identify the existing literature on the use of patient-controlled analgesia for the paediatric palliative care population requiring symptom management at the end of life…
The All Ireland Palliative and End-of-Life Care Research Priorities 2025-2030, launched at the 14th Annual Palliative Care Research Network Symposium in November 2025, were identified in collaboration with people with lived and/or professional experience in palliative care…
AIIHPC is delighted to announce the awardees of the AIIHPC Early Career Researcher Forum (ECRF) Bursary Award 2025 and the AIIHPC International Palliative Care Research Network (PCRN) Fellowships 2025…
Supporting psychoeducational functioning for advanced cancer patients and informal caregivers can be challenging. Self-managed digital interventions offer a possible cost-effective alternative but often face low engagement. The aim of this study was to understand engagement with the iFOCUS intervention….
