Holistic Healthcare Training & Development

28/08/2025

27/07/2025

CFR/CPR course taking place on 31st July at the Ballinasloe Enterprise Hub H53 TH24. Please contact us to book your place

26/06/2025

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21/06/2025

Great opportunity for family carers 💜

We are delivering ‘Insights into Dementia – Informing and Empowering Family Carers in various Counties nationwide and online courses. Join the waiting list today!

09/06/2025

Family Carers Ireland 💙

It's and we have a packed programme of online events over the coming days. See www.eventbrite.ie/o/family-carers-ireland-26362127125 to register or visit www.familycarers.ie/events for info on all virtual and in-person activities across the week.

07/06/2025

Are we all oversharing?

04/06/2025

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You can have your dead person at home for a few days after their death if you wish. If they died at home, they can stay there for a while until you are ready. If they died elsewhere, they can come home. You do not need to send your person off to a funeral director (if using one at all) straight away if you don’t want to. All of these things are doable and most importantly, legal (in the UK) If the death was expected and has been verified, you can do whatever you like with your person after death as regards care of the body and where they go 🙏🏼

Realistically, you can keep a dead person at home for a few days, possibly a week but that might be pushing it, especially in the warmer weather. This is because of the natural decomposition of the body. It also depends on the physical state of the body when they died, if they have any wounds etc and the tools you can create/have access to make it happen.

The essential things to consider and put in place are….
- closing the mouth of your person. You may need to use something to do this like elastic around the head or towels placed under the chin.
- possibly blocking other orifices if planning on keeping the body for more than a few days.
- keeping the torso cold. You can do this using ice packs/frozen bottles of water/any frozen foods (I have used fish fingers and peas before) These would sit under arms, in between legs and around the chest/stomach/neck
- keeping windows closed (flies/bugs)
- keeping the room as cool as possible
- keeping the body flat

Some funeral directors will have equipment such as cooling blankets/ice packs to help. Some have cuddle cots for babies. Find out if anyone local to you has these facilities available. You can also get support to do this from someone like myself 🙏🏼❤️

It is more common than you may realise. Some people just need a day or night, just a bit more time before they let their person go. Some do it for religious ritual reasons. Some folks I have supported have put it in their death plan that they want stay at home, or go home after they die before they go to the funeral directors. All of this is legal. And it is important we all know we have choices and options ❤️

04/06/2025

Hi, my name is Caroline and I am raising funds for a dear friend in Gaza, Anas Arafat. … Caroline Hartley needs your support for Support mutual aid in Gaza

04/06/2025

TELL THE TRUTH AND ACT NOW 🚨
We’ll be at Dublin Castle this Thursday 5th June from 8:45am asking for truth to be told and action to be taken! Our government will be inside at the Agriculture and Climate Change conference ignoring science and continuing to destroy our country, and planet 🌍

We need your help! If you can spare any time this Thursday from 8:45am until around lunch time we will be there with our posters✌️☮️

20/04/2025

We are delivering ‘Insights into Dementia – Informing and Empowering Family Carers in various Counties nationwide and online courses. Join the waiting list today

23/03/2025

Day 2 of our New Conversations with Leaders weekend is all about action.
We’re brainstorming real-world projects, sharing ideas, and supporting each other in making meaningful change.
Thank you to everyone for contributing to such a rich, engaging space. Together, we’re building something powerful.

23/08/2024