- Location: St. Francis Hospice Raheny Station Road Raheny Dublin 5 Ireland
- Duration: 1 Day
Course details
This training will explore the practice of mindfulness, its historical and scientific roots, as well as its application for healthcare professionals. There will be an opportunity to engage with direct experiential practice, group enquiry, exercises, and educational components. The cultivation of awareness and kindness towards ourselves and the role of this within the professional context will be explored. The workshop will be facilitated by Dr. Louise Kinsella, Clinical Psychologist, Psycho-oncology Department, St. Vincent’s Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin. The day will involve some gentle movement practices so loose comfortable clothing is advised.
Updated on 08 November, 2015About St. Francis Hospice
In 1988 a need was identified for a hospice on the north side of Dublin. The Irish Hospice Foundation asked the Daughters of Charity for help in setting up a home care service for this area. Over the years, numerous inpiduals, groups and organisations have provided the dedication and financial support to enable St. Francis Hospice to develop from its humble roots to a comprehensive specialist palliative care service for north Dublin city and county.
The service is based on a Christian philosophy, which recognises the need to treat each person with dignity, respect and compassion, irrespective of their cultural or religious background. Their current range of services within the community includes Specialist Palliative Care, Hospice Day Care, Out-Patient services, Their 19 bed In-Patient Unit and Bereavement Support services. All of Their services are provided free of charge to patients and families.
The Home Care service (now called the Community Palliative Care Team) was established in 1989, originally based in a portacabin in the grounds of the Capuchin Friary. It provides a specialist advisory and support service to patients and their families in their own homes.
The Capuchin Friars donated the site of their monastery garden and St. Francis Hospice Raheny was built in two phases. In 1993, office and meeting space for the Community Palliative Care Team and a purpose-built Hospice Day Care Centre opened. The Hospice Day Care service began that year, providing patients with a place to come for support and advice from the multidisciplinary team and to receive complementary therapies.
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