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

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