For home care providers in County Dublin: after-hours phone cover from Hettie, with your line answered every night and urgent and emergency calls reaching a person at minute 0.
Between 2016 and 2022 the 65+ population of County Dublin grew from 164,984 to 195,664, a rise of 18.6% that is 3.2 points below the national rise of 22%. Older residents are now 13.4% of the county's 1,458,154 people. By the speed of growth in people aged 65 and over, County Dublin comes 24th among the 26 counties. The census counts 47,578 people aged 65 or over living alone in County Dublin, which is 25.9% of that age group in private households.
Three HSE health regions share County Dublin: HSE Dublin and North East, HSE Dublin and Midlands and HSE Dublin and South East. The Integrated Health Areas in the county are Dublin North City and West, Dublin North County, Dublin South City and West, Dublin South West and Dublin South and Wicklow. Which HSE home support office a client belongs to depends on the address. In County Dublin the offices are Dublin North Central and North West, Dublin South East, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin North and Dublin South City, South West and West (also Kildare and West Wicklow). Out-of-hours GP cover comes from 5 co-ops in County Dublin: Dubdoc, Northdoc / DDoc, Edoc / DL Doc / Eastdoc, TLC Doc and Lukedoc.
We found 108 home care provider offices in County Dublin, run under 76 different names, among them the HSE-approved Dovida, Bluebird Care, Caremark, Comfort Keepers, Right at Home, Platinum Home Care, Be Independent Home Care and Connected Health. On the HSE hospital list, the acute sites for County Dublin are St James's Hospital Dublin, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Beaumont Hospital, Tallaght University Hospital, St Vincent's University Hospital, Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda and Naas General Hospital. Specialist palliative care comes through Our Lady's Hospice & Care Services (Harold's Cross), St Francis Hospice Raheny and St Francis Hospice Blanchardstown.
Eleven towns in the county have a page of their own below, the largest being Dublin with 1,263,219 people. An agency that serves several of them can use one after-hours number and one set of escalation rules for every branch.
Sources: CSO, age by county and city (FY006B); CSO, over-65s living alone (FY010B); HSE health regions; HSE hospital list; HSE home support listing, Dublin North Central and North West; Palliative care listing: Our Lady's Hospice & Care Services (Harold's Cross); Palliative care listing: St Francis Hospice Raheny; Palliative care listing: St Francis Hospice Blanchardstown; Palliative care listing: Our Lady's Hospice & Care Services (Blackrock Hospice); Out-of-hours GP co-op: Dubdoc; Out-of-hours GP co-op: Northdoc / DDoc; Out-of-hours GP co-op: Edoc / DL Doc / Eastdoc; Out-of-hours GP co-op: TLC Doc; Out-of-hours GP co-op: Lukedoc; Palliative care listing: Dublin North Community Specialist Palliative Care Team; Palliative care listing: Dublin South West Community Specialist Palliative Care Team; provider counts from HSE: choosing an approved provider; HCCI Find Care Near Me (Hettie research, 14 to 15 October 2026, not an official register; the providers named have no relationship with Hettie). Checked 16 October 2026.
Each page pulls together the local figures for one settlement: older population, nearest hospitals, HSE office and out-of-hours GP cover.
Five modules across the care journey. Start with the after-hours line and add the rest when you are ready.
Every call to your office answered in your agency's name, with urgent and emergency calls put through to a person at minute 0.
€2 per active patient per month; up to 50 patients for €99 a month
Read more about After-hours CoverageNew clients, their families and your care team ready for a good first visit, before anyone knocks on the door.
Included in the During care package
Read more about Welcome CallsRegular check-ins with everyone on your books, so unhappiness reaches you while there is still time to put it right.
Included in the During care package
Read more about Patient SatisfactionTomorrow's visits confirmed and timing passed on in both directions, so clients know when their carer is coming.
Included in the During care package
Read more about Visit CoordinationCalls after a package ends or a hospital stay, to hear early when things start to slip.
€3 per active patient per month, 8 completed calls per patient included
Read more about Post-Discharge Follow-upNo setup fee, no contract, and a €99 Starter for agencies with up to 50 active patients. Full terms on the pricing page. Hospices have their own page: Hettie for hospices.
people aged 65 and over in County Dublin at Census 2022, up 18.6% on 2016
home care provider offices in County Dublin on Hettie's October 2026 list, from 76 names
people receiving HSE home support at the end of 2025
Also nationally: 5,286 people assessed for home support and waiting for a carer in May 2026, and 22% growth in people aged 65 and over between 2016 and 2022. Sources: HSE reply to PQ 5691/26, 6 Feb 2026; HSE reply to PQ 54735/26, 24 Jul 2026; CSO Census 2022, Population Changes; county figure calculated from CSO Census 2022, table FY006B; provider count from HSE: choosing an approved provider; HCCI Find Care Near Me.
The HSE decides and funds home support hours through its local offices. Your agency delivers them, and Hettie works for your agency; referrals and commissioning stay with the HSE, and Hettie touches neither. The HSE home support offices are Dublin North Central and North West (Unit 4 and 5, Nexus Building, Block 6A, Blanchardstown Corporate Park, Dublin 15 D15 CF9K, telephone 01 778 5602 or 01 897 5170); Dublin South East (Vergemount Hall, Clonskeagh, Dublin 6 D06 EY15, telephone 01 268 0570); Dun Laoghaire (Local Health Office, Tivoli Road, Dun Laoghaire A96 DK64, telephone 01 236 5200); Dublin North (Unit 100, Lakeshore Drive, Airside Business Park, Swords K67 R8X2, telephone 01 895 3740 or 01 895 3753); Dublin South City, South West and West (also Kildare and West Wicklow) (Junction House, Kilnamanagh-Tymon Primary Care Centre, Airton Road, Tallaght D24 CF75, telephone 01 921 4718); it answers your line out of hours, makes welcome and satisfaction calls to your clients, and writes up every call so you have a record to show the HSE or HIQA.
Hettie picks up in your agency's name and tells the caller at once that it is an automated assistant; information and attention calls go into your morning summary. Urgent and emergency calls reach a person at minute 0. An urgent call goes live to your on-call nurse or manager, and in an emergency Hettie tells the caller to ring 112 or 999 while it alerts your on-call team. For a doctor overnight, the co-ops in County Dublin are Dubdoc, Northdoc / DDoc, Edoc / DL Doc / Eastdoc, TLC Doc and Lukedoc, split by area; advice about medicines or symptoms is for a clinician, and Hettie does not give it.
Yes. The rules and the on-call rota are yours, so a single set-up can follow your agency across the county; this page links to 11 towns with local pages: Dublin, Swords, Balbriggan, Malahide, Rush, Portmarnock, Skerries, Donabate, Lusk, Kinsealy-Drinan and Rathcoole. After-hours Coverage costs €2 per active patient per month wherever you are in Ireland, or €99 a month for up to 50 active patients, with no setup fee and no contract.
A short chat about how your service runs, and a walk through what Hettie would have picked up from your clients last week.
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Hettie asks one question to clarify and no more. The nurse on call decides what happens next. The 112 and 999 line is fixed safety wording your agency approves.
I had a bit of a fall in the bathroom last night... My hip is a bit sore.
Good morning. Here's what happened since the office closed.
Answered by Hettie: 6 questions about visit times, 3 "is my carer still coming", 2 messages for the office. See all calls
Every call is transcribed and written up. Recordings are kept only where the client has consented and your service has turned recording on.
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