Orla Freeman: Hospice care gave me the headspace to be there for Shane as his wife

Orla Freeman: Hospice care gave me the headspace to be there for Shane as his wife

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For the last 11 weeks of his life, Orla Freeman’s husband, Shane, was under palliative care at Mayo Hospice in Castlebar. A year on, Orla tells Helen O’Callaghan how those weeks gave Shane quality time and how she realised palliative care is not about keeping you alive but about keeping you living