The Day Everything Changed: Resident Eddie’s Story – St Doolagh’s Park Care & Rehabilitation Centre
Hi I’m Eddie. In October 2020, as Ireland grappled with the ongoing pandemic, life took an unexpected turn for me. Previously working in a pub, the industry was already upended by COVID-19 restrictions, altering my sense of normal. Little did I know that on the same day the government received a letter recommending heightened restrictions, […]
WE WISH THOMAS MURPHY GOOD LUCK WITH HIS NEW INDEPENDENT LIFE.
Thomas is 51 years of age and became a resident at St Doolagh’s Park on the 13th October 2010. He has spent 2 years in the Mater Hospital in Dublin and a further year in the National Rehabilitation Hospital prior to coming to St Doolagh’s Park. Tommy, as he likes to be known, had been assaulted […]
‘A STORY I HAVE LIVED SO LONG TO MAKE’ SPECIAL & UNIQUE COLLECTION OF WRITINGS FROM IRISH NURSING HOME RESIDENTS
‘A story I have lived so long to make’ SPECIAL & UNIQUE COLLECTION OF WRITINGS FROM IRISH NURSING HOME RESIDENTS This was part of Irish Nursing Homes Week 2018 and a submission from seven Residents at St. Peters Nursing Home who discussed happy life memories and the positivity of growing old.
‘A STORY I HAVE LIVED SO LONG TO MAKE’
‘A story I have lived so long to make’ SPECIAL & UNIQUE COLLECTION OF WRITINGS FROM NURSING HOME RESIDENTS This was part of Irish Nursing Homes Week 2018 and a submission from Gormanston Wood’s Resident Ellen Broad.
GORMANSTON WOOD RESIDENTS & EDUCATE TOGETHER SCHOOL PROJECT
A Balbriggan school has just completed a pilot programme with a nearby nursing home aimed at developing empathy and understanding in the children regarding the elderly. The project between Balbriggan Educate Together National School and Gormanston Wood Nursing Home was a great success. The Student Council, comprising children aged between 6 and 12, was selected […]
