Cavan, the county town of Cavan, a border county, recorded 11,741 residents at the last census. 11.9% of them, 1,398 people, were 65 or older. The older population of County Cavan stands at 12,501, 15.3% of everyone living in the county, and it grew 19.5% in six years. 21.6% of people living here have a disability and 4.6% are carers, according to Census 2022 (2,533 and 540 people). 3,235 over-65s in County Cavan live on their own, 27.3% of those in private households and in line with the national 25.9%.
This part of the country comes under HSE Dublin and North East, within the Cavan Monaghan area. A provider here deals with the HSE Home Support Office in Cavan, which you can reach on 049 435 2421 at 2nd Floor, Blackstone, Kilmore Business Centre, Cavan H12 TN67. At night the GP out-of-hours service is NEDOC. There are 4 home care provider offices on our County Cavan list, from 4 different names. Offices in the town on the list belong to Connected Health and Westcare Homecare, with Family Carers Ireland also on the list for the county. The town is the hub for a wide hinterland, and Longford, Mullingar and Navan are the nearest other towns with pages here.
For hospital discharges the closest acute site on the HSE list is Cavan Monaghan General Hospital. Cavan and Monaghan Community Specialist Palliative Care Team cover specialist palliative care for the area. If the only nurse on call is out on a visit, Hettie keeps taking calls and writes every one up for the morning. Where the next hospital is a long drive, knowing early that a client has had a fall or a bad night matters, and Post-Discharge calls give an agency that early view.