'Cancer has touched my life an awful lot,' says Elaine Crowley as she urges support for Irish Cancer Society this Christmas

For many people this Christmas, they will be faced with saying a final goodbye to a loved one. The Irish Cancer Society's night nursing service is there all year round, including Christmas time, so that cancer patients coming towards the end of life can spend their final days at home with loved ones. This is such a special service, and I know first-hand how valuable this time with your loved one is.

I feel there aren't any words to describe the precious gift the night nurses gave our family. Until you need their support - until you feel their warmth and witness their amazing expertise - you don't really understand just how incredible they are. We just knew Dad was going to be totally, and tenderly, taken care of.

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