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Safeguarding Ireland is encouraging more people to make a future healthcare plan – called an Advance Healthcare Directive – as just four per cent of people in Ireland have one.

Family Carers Ireland is encouraging people in Galway to Step Up and take part in a special 5k fundraising walk this Sunday, April 13.

Everything Falls is a contemporary performance that blends choreography, original song and documentary material into a theatrical production at the Town Hall Theatre on Tuesday, November 26, at 8pm.

Sinn Féin General Election candidate for Galway East, Cllr Louis O’Hara, has said that carers across Galway are struggling financially and receiving payments way below the established minimum essential standard of living. O’Hara argues that the means test for carers allowance must be abolished and that Sinn Féin in government are committed to doing so.

There are few of us who have not been affected by cancer either directly or indirectly and many of us have experienced first-hand the invaluable services provided by Galway Hospice and Mayo Roscommon Hospice. Edel Hyland, her family and friends fall into both categories.

Independent Ireland candidate for Galway West, Noel Thomas, has said that the group will give medical cards to all cancer patients and abolish the means test for carers.

Galway University Hospitals Bereavement Support Services and the Irish Hospice Foundation (IHF) recently launched the ‘Galway Grief Sherpa Network’ (GGSN); a new bereavement support initiative, established to promote those organisations who provide bereavement support in Galway City and County.

For more than half a century, a highly skilled cadre of specialised hospital staff have cared for the most complex and critically ill patients in Galway.

Right at Home has provided home care across Galway, Mayo and Roscommon for more than a decade.

The Alzheimer Society of Ireland is currently recruiting participants for its Insights into Dementia courses around the country. The organisation offers both online and in-person courses, designed with family carers in mind.