The document outlines the agenda for a meeting of the Hospital Friends of Hospice (HFH) Network. The agenda includes: presentations on end-of-life care initiatives at various Irish hospitals; fundraising ideas for palliative care; updates from the Irish Hospice Foundation including their dementia care program; a presentation on findings from an audit of dementia care in hospitals; an update from the HSE Palliative Care Clinical Care Programme; discussion on responding to a letter from the HSE Director General; and a support session. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss achievements, challenges and initiatives in end-of-life care, share experiences, and ensure the HFH Network remains on track in supporting patients at the end of life

1. Tuesday 11 March 2014, Ashling Hotel, Parkgate St Dublin
Chair: Kate Bree
Deputy Chair: Aisling O’Gorman
9.30-10.00 Registration and early networking opportunity.
10.00-10.20 Welcome, opening exercise & mindfulness activity
Lead: Aisling O’Gorman
10.20-11.00 Achievements and challenges in our hospitals
 Post-mortems: Celine Deane, Beaumont Hospital
 Compassion award: Diarmuid O Coimín, Mater Hospital
 DNACPR policy update: Catherine Hand, UL Hospital, Limerick
 Annual report & end-of-life care: Gill Rufli, Beaumont Hospital
Round the room updates: All Network members
Lead: Aisling O’Gorman
11.00-11.30 Fundraising ideas for end-of-life care initiatives
Lead: Grace O’Sullivan
11.30.11.40 Irish Hospice Foundation updates
 Changing Minds Programme - promoting excellence in end-of-life care for people
with dementia
 Query from Nursing Homes Ireland
 Design & Dignity
Lead: Mary Lovegrove
11.40-11.50 Comfort break
11.50-12.45 Caring for the person with dementia at end of life
Presentation: Irish National Audit of Dementia
(INAD) Care in Acute Hospitals; findings for end-of-life care
Group work: How can we better support patients with dementia at end of life through
HFH?
Lead: Anna de Siún, INAD Project Coordinator
12.45-13.00 HSE Palliative Care Clinical Care Programme - update
Leads: Lorna Peelo-Kilroe and Sheilagh Reaper Reynolds
13.00-14.00 Lunch (Lunch will be provided)
14.00-14.40 Responding to Director General Tony O’Brien’s Letter to all HSE staff
Leads: Aisling O’Gorman and Mary Lovegrove
Keeping the HFH Network on track
Discussion about the usefulness of our network
Leads: Grace O’Sullivan
14.40-15.50 Support session with Shane Cradock
15.50-16.00 Wrap up, evaluation, & close of meeting
Lead: Aisling O’Gorman