Our Lady’s Hospice & Care Services are pleased to announce the second of its newly developed ‘Take Away Tuesday’ webinar series. This webinar series will focus on a range of topics of relevance to clinical practice, education and research. Details of how to register can be found below.

Webinar #2

Family Caregivers’ Experiences of Transitioning during End-of-Life Care at Home

Tuesday November 3rd, 2026 at 12pm

Dr. Bríd McCarthy, PhD, MSc, BNS(Hons), RGN

Dr. Bríd McCarthy is a Nurse Tutor at Our Lady’s Hospice and Care Services in Harold’s Cross, Dublin. With a clinical background specialising in palliative care and care of the older person’s nursing, her academic research focuses on family caregivers in the palliative care setting.Her doctoral research explored the transitioning experiences of family caregivers as they provided end-of-life care at home.

Dr McCarthy is passionate about education and values empowering future nurses through teaching in healthcare. Dr McCarthy’s research has been both published and presented internationally.

Featured Publication

McCarthy, B., Timmins, F., Eustace-Cook, J. and Connolly, M., (2024). Informal caregivers’ experiences of transitioning during end-of-life care—A scoping review. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 80(5), pp.1719-1731.

McCarthy, B., Connaire, K. and Timmins, F., (2021). Transitions during end-of-life care from the perspective of informal caregivers–A concept analysis using Rodgers’ (2000) evolutionary approach. European Journal of Oncology Nursing, 51, p.101899.

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