Brereton's Bar Annual Tractor Run to support Offaly Hospice

THE Brereton's Bar Annual Tractor Run will take place on June 25th 2023 with registration at 11am and the Run at 1pm. Thanks in advance for your support and generosity. Auction and Music on the day by Rock on Paddy. Hope to see you all on the day.

Their main beneficiary for 2023 is Offaly Hospice Foundation. Offaly Hospice provide essential home care and much needed services to our loved ones during their sickness. Below is a small outline about Offaly Hospice do.

Offaly Hospice Foundation is a registered charity founded in 1990 by a group of likeminded Medical Doctors keen to see Palliative Care Services improved for the people of County Offaly. The Foundation is governed by a Board of Directors and over the years has tirelessly fundraised with all monies used to support the local Palliative care teams in the community. Funds raised by Offaly Hospice Foundation have been used to employ Specialist Nurses, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Social Workers, Home Carers and Secretarial back up for the Palliative Care Service. At this point they have an excellent Home Care Service, the envy of many other areas in the country which in truth would not exist without support and financial back-up from Offaly Hospice Foundation.

Palliative Care aims to improve the quality of life for patients and families who face a life-threatening illness such as cancer by providing pain and symptom relief, with spiritual and psychosocial support from diagnosis to end of life and bereavement. Palliative care is a team approach to patient care, addressing patients and their care givers physical, emotional, practical and spiritual needs. Palliative care has not traditionally been associated with diseases other than cancer but in recent years has expanded to diseases such as heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, dementia and chronic neurological disorders. Clinical need for effective palliative care will therefore inevitably increase.