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County Limerick day care centre feeds the body and soul of rural elderly
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THREE years ago staff and volunteers of St Michael’s Day Care Centre in Cappamore ensured their patrons had fuel and food during the Beast from the East.
And they haven’t been found wanting when a different type of beast from the east emerged. Every week over 160 elderly people – the majority living on their own – receive delicious dinners made in the centre’s kitchen.
St Michael’s is a home from home for service users in Cappamore, Doon, Murroe, Pallasgreen and Oola. In pre-Covid times, it was a hub of activity with elderly men and women visiting every week for fun, dinners, medical care, music, dancing and lots more.
Directorate of Public Health Services Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, The Gambia
Paediatric palliative care services in low income countries compete for resources with many other priorities both in paediatric health services, and within the whole health system. Their provision is desirable and the development of a sustainable service that would include advocacy, training health and community care workers, policy development and mentorship, requires a substantial budget which at present the Gambian Ministry of Health (MoH) is unable to provide.
Lyn Gould – Butterfly Children’s Hospices – China
When I heard Mrs Lyn Gould from the Butterfly Hospice in China give a presentation on caring for children with palliative care needs this inspired me to explore ways of starting up a palliative care service in The Gambia which has a large unmet need of children living with life-threatening and life-limiting conditions. On enquiring about the process of initiating such a servi