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Irish Hospice Foundation’s Dying at Home eLearning Programme

The IHF’s eLearning programme is designed for anyone who is currently, or who is considering the possibility of providing care for someone nearing the end of their life at home. It also aims to support people who are seeking to understand more about the experience of providing end-of-life care at home. This eLearning programme is designed to support individuals who are:

  • Considering providing care for someone at home with a life-limiting illness
  • Already caring for someone nearing the end of life at home
  • Seeking to better understand the experience of providing end-of-life care at home


You can access the resource here: Dying Well At Home

Irish Hospice Foundation’s When Someone You Care About Is Dying at Home

What to Expect will help you know what to expect and how you can support a person who is dying at home.

In this booklet, you will find tips and information on:

  • What is needed to provide end-of-life care.
  • The physical changes that happen as the person is dying.
  • How to provide care as the person is dying.
  • How to access supports.
  • What to do after the person has died at home.
  • How to you look after yourself.


You can access the resource here: When Someone You Care About Is Dying At Home

When someone you care about is dying in a nursing home - What to expect -

If someone you care about is dying in a nursing home, this information may help you know what to expect. You may be worried about many things, including COVID-19.

You can access the document here: When someone you care about is dying in a nursing home – What to expect –

When someone you care about is dying in hospital - What to expect

Irish Hospice Foundation’s information booklet, “When someone you care about is dying in hospital – What to expect”. If someone you care about is dying, this booklet may help you to know what to expect in the last days and hours of their life

You can access the document here: When someone you care about is dying in hospital – What to expect –

What to expect in the last moments before death (Hospice UK)

This helpful dedicated webpage will help you to better understand what happens in the moments leading up to death. It includes information, resources and support.

You can access the document here: What to expect in the last moments before death

Talking about death and dying - Hospice UK

This helpful webpage will help you to navigate conversations around death and dying. It includes information on how to talk about death and dying, how to start the conversation, and how to access support.

You can access the resources here: Talking about death and dying

When Someone Dies - Supporting those with Learning Disability

The Palliative Care & Learning Disability working group in the Northern Trust (Northern Ireland) have developed and launched an easy read bereavement booklet, ‘When Someone Dies…’ to help support a person with a learning disability through bereavement.

You can access the resources here: When Someone Dies