Advertisement

We need your help now

Support from readers like you keeps The Journal open.

You are visiting us because we have something you value. Independent, unbiased news that tells the truth. Advertising revenue goes some way to support our mission, but this year it has not been enough.

If you've seen value in our reporting, please contribute what you can, so we can continue to produce accurate and meaningful journalism. For everyone who needs it.

# Care

All time
This video of the 116 puppies rescued at Dublin Port will make your day
'I hoped it was just nature and that we were just unlucky, but no'
Newborn died in ambulance after Turkish hospitals 'offered no care at all'
Teens in State-run home were leaving regularly to take drugs
Staff taken off-duty after "concerns" at Tipperary disability unit
'Elderly, disabled Aras Attracta resident was hit with a stick'
700 complaints about nursing and care home staff passed to gardaí
'Detached, isolated and ill-informed HSE' at play in Áras Attracta, says nurses group
How some teenagers are forced from foster care into direct provision once they turn 18
More than 100 children in foster care have no social worker
This 23 year old's invention could revolutionise neonatal care
Watchdog finds issues with nutrition and healthcare at Galway nursing home
Three quarters of Irish people want to die at home
Dignity of elderly compromised after being transported down corridors on commodes
Column: Palliative care considers the mind, body and spiritual needs of the person
Parents agree to allow disabled children stay in care
Five children taken into care after abuse allegations
Court rules home extension be built so 'inseparable' siblings in care could stay together
Homeless teens: 'Coming out of care, they don't know how to clean, how to wash'
These experts say giving someone a home isn't a 'solution' to homelessness
A Week in the Family Court: 'There needs to be intervention before we reach crisis point'
113 children in State care went missing in the first six months of 2014
There were 6,500 children in care at the end of May
Parents say full time consultant needed at Limerick hospital for children with diabetes
Urgent need for bereavement training for chaplains in maternity hospitals
Opinion: We have made no preparations for our ageing population
Teen who died 'allowed remain too long' in home where drug use was the norm
'It is the right of every person to die in comfort and dignity'
We're worth €4 billion and we want action on water charges & respite payments --- Carers
Psychiatric patient assaults staff, but has to be kept in unsuitable ward
Inspections on children's disability services finds majority provide good quality care
'If it wasn’t for friends, I’d literally be on the streets'
New palliative care unit in Kilkenny announced by Susie Long Hospice Fund
Over 4,000 nursing home residents were seriously injured in 2013
Newland's Cross submerged in water due to burst water mains causes traffic chaos
Unsuitable treatment for children in mental health units
Ireland has 9,615 methadone users but care plans needed to get them drug-free
"It's agony": Pádraig is in a coma - his family say Ireland's healthcare system has failed him
Upgrades to childcare facilities on the way under €2.5m investment fund
HIQA report finds internal doors in disability care unit locked