Marymount University Hospital & Hospice provides extended and respite services for older people, and a full palliative care programme in the specialist unit established in 1980. Services Provided: Care of Older People is provided on three wards, St. Anne’s, St. John’s and St. Camillus’, and is comprised of Respite Care (18 beds) and Extended Care (46 beds). Respite Care is a service whereby patients are admitted for short periods, normally two weeks, to give their primary carer at home a break. Extended Care service caters for both public and private patients. Specialist Palliative Care is concerned with the care of patients with active, progressive and far advanced disease. The specialist palliative care programme consists of the in-patient service in Marymount Hospice, the Home Care service which operates from Marymount Hospice serving homes throughout Cork City and County, the Day Care Centre in the Hospice, the Education Centre, and the consultancy service provided by the Consultant in Palliative Medicine.
