Hdl Handle:
http://hdl.handle.net/10147/621066
Title:
Compassionate Communities Project Evaluation Report
Authors:
McLoughlin, K
Publisher:
Milford Care Centre
Issue Date:
2013
URI:
http://hdl.handle.net/10147/621066
Item Type:
Report
Language:
en
Description:
People facing death or experiencing loss, are a key group who, until very recently, were excluded from the health promotion discourse (Kellehear, 1999). This is despite the fact that a focus on health (as defined by maintaining a sense of wellbeing) is important for those facing the end of life (Kellehear, 1999). Milford Care Centre is the first and only specialist palliative care provider in Ireland to consider strategically and invest financially in the area of health promoting palliative care. In 2011 a pilot Compassionate Communities Project (CCP) commenced in North West Limerick City. An evaluation of this initial pilot, completed by an independent research consultant highlighted, the views of people toward death, dying, loss and care in North West Limerick City, summarised the structure of the pilot and outlined the main outcomes and recommendations for further development (Brereton, 2012). Following the evaluation of Phase One of the CCP, Milford Care Centre agreed that the pilot project would be extended for a further twelve months, taking the project to Phase Two (June 2012-May 2013). Phase Two of the pilot extends the project to the whole of Limerick City and to Newcastlewest, thus providing two geographic areas that are diverse in their both their location and population. Two part-time community development workers were appointed to the project, supported by a Project Advisory Committee, and managed by the Principal Social Worker. The aims of the CCP have remained consistent throughout Phase One and Two: “To enrich and support society to live compassionately with death, dying, loss and care and to demonstrate and evaluate the process of developing a compassionate community model in an Irish context.”
Keywords:
HEALTH PROMOTION; Compassionate Communities; PALLIATIVE CARE; DEATH AND DYING

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DC FieldValue Language
dc.contributor.authorMcLoughlin, Ken
dc.date.accessioned2017-02-17T16:44:42Z-
dc.date.available2017-02-17T16:44:42Z-
dc.date.issued2013-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10147/621066-
dc.descriptionPeople facing death or experiencing loss, are a key group who, until very recently, were excluded from the health promotion discourse (Kellehear, 1999). This is despite the fact that a focus on health (as defined by maintaining a sense of wellbeing) is important for those facing the end of life (Kellehear, 1999). Milford Care Centre is the first and only specialist palliative care provider in Ireland to consider strategically and invest financially in the area of health promoting palliative care. In 2011 a pilot Compassionate Communities Project (CCP) commenced in North West Limerick City. An evaluation of this initial pilot, completed by an independent research consultant highlighted, the views of people toward death, dying, loss and care in North West Limerick City, summarised the structure of the pilot and outlined the main outcomes and recommendations for further development (Brereton, 2012). Following the evaluation of Phase One of the CCP, Milford Care Centre agreed that the pilot project would be extended for a further twelve months, taking the project to Phase Two (June 2012-May 2013). Phase Two of the pilot extends the project to the whole of Limerick City and to Newcastlewest, thus providing two geographic areas that are diverse in their both their location and population. Two part-time community development workers were appointed to the project, supported by a Project Advisory Committee, and managed by the Principal Social Worker. The aims of the CCP have remained consistent throughout Phase One and Two: “To enrich and support society to live compassionately with death, dying, loss and care and to demonstrate and evaluate the process of developing a compassionate community model in an Irish context.”en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherMilford Care Centreen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.subjectHEALTH PROMOTIONen
dc.subjectCompassionate Communitiesen
dc.subjectPALLIATIVE CAREen
dc.subjectDEATH AND DYINGen
dc.titleCompassionate Communities Project Evaluation Reporten
dc.typeReporten
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