Palliative Care Week is running until Saturday.
The first port of call for end of life care is always your GP.
That's the view of a Midlands hospice during Palliative Care Week which runs until Saturday.
A new study has found over 60% are aware about supports available locally for people with serious progressive illnesses.
The statistics from the All Ireland Institute of Hospice and Palliative Care also show nearly one in three people overestimate their knowledge on the subject.
Veronica Larkin is a member of the North Westmeath Hospice Fundraising committee - she says it's slowly becoming more widely accepted:
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