For home care providers in County Wicklow: after-hours phone cover from Hettie, with your line answered every night and urgent and emergency calls reaching a person at minute 0.
The older population of County Wicklow stands at 23,661, which is 15.2% of the county's 155,851 people. It has grown 27.4% since 2016, 5.6 points above the national rise of 22%. By the speed of growth in people aged 65 and over, County Wicklow comes 3rd among the 26 counties. 23.3% of people aged 65 and over in private households in County Wicklow live alone (5,242 people), 2.6 points below the national 25.9%.
The county is split between 2 HSE health regions: HSE Dublin and South East and HSE Dublin and Midlands. Within those regions the Integrated Health Areas are Dublin South and Wicklow and Kildare, West Wicklow. Which HSE home support office a client belongs to depends on the address. In County Wicklow the offices are Wicklow (Bray) and Dublin South City, South West and West (also Kildare and West Wicklow). Out-of-hours GP cover comes from 3 co-ops in County Wicklow: Edoc / DL Doc / Eastdoc, Caredoc and KDOC.
We found 9 home care provider offices in County Wicklow, run under 9 different names, among them the HSE-approved Dovida, Caremark, Comfort Keepers, Arklow and Southern Wicklow Home Care, Bray Home Care Service, Greystones Home Help, Wicklow Community Services and Woodbrook Care. The acute hospitals on the HSE list that serve the county are St Columcille's Hospital Loughlinstown, St Vincent's University Hospital, Wexford General Hospital, Tallaght University Hospital and Naas General Hospital. For palliative care, see Wicklow Community Specialist Palliative Care Team, Wicklow Hospice (Our Lady's Hospice & Care Services) and Kildare and West Wicklow Community Specialist Palliative Care Team.
The towns below run from Bray, at 33,512 people, to Blessington, at 5,611. 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, Wicklow; Palliative care listing: Wicklow Community Specialist Palliative Care Team; Palliative care listing: Wicklow Hospice (Our Lady's Hospice & Care Services); Out-of-hours GP co-op: Edoc / DL Doc / Eastdoc; Out-of-hours GP co-op: Caredoc; Palliative care listing: Kildare and West Wicklow Community Specialist Palliative Care Team; Palliative care listing: St Brigid's Hospice Kildare; Out-of-hours GP co-op: KDOC; 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 Wicklow at Census 2022, up 27.4% on 2016
home care provider offices in County Wicklow on Hettie's October 2026 list, from 9 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.
Hettie works for the provider. The HSE offices approve and commission home support hours, and your agency delivers them; the offices keep sending referrals to you in the usual way, and Hettie sits outside that process. The HSE home support offices are Wicklow (Bray) (Block B, Civic Centre, Bray A98 X329, telephone 01 274 4200); 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); Hettie answers your line out of hours, rings your clients for welcome and satisfaction calls, and writes up each call, which gives you a record to show the HSE or HIQA.
The first voice a caller hears is Hettie, speaking in your agency's name and saying it is an automated assistant; anything at information or attention level is written up for the morning. 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. The GP out-of-hours co-ops that cover County Wicklow are Edoc / DL Doc / Eastdoc, Caredoc and KDOC, depending on the part of the county; clinical questions go to a person, because Hettie does not give medical advice.
Yes. A multi-branch agency in the county can run one line, with each branch keeping its own rota and escalation rules; five towns in County Wicklow have local pages linked from here: Bray, Greystones, Arklow, Wicklow and Blessington. Pricing is the same in every county: After-hours Coverage is €2 per active patient per month, or €99 a month for an agency with up to 50 active patients, with no setup fee and no contract.
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I had a bit of a fall in the bathroom last night... My hip is a bit sore.
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Answered by Hettie: 6 questions about visit times, 3 "is my carer still coming", 2 messages for the office. See all calls
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