With 21,524 residents at the 2022 census, Wexford (the county town of Wexford) is the 23rd largest settlement in the State, and 3,742 of those residents are 65 or over. County Wexford had 27,403 residents aged 65 and over at Census 2022, up 24.6% on 2016 (2.8 points above the national rise of 22%). Living alone is about as common as nationally here: 25.5% of over-65s in private households, in line with the national 25.9%. 27.6% of people living here have a disability and 6.0% are carers, according to Census 2022 (5,950 and 1,299 people).
The HSE places the town in HSE Dublin and South East (Waterford, Wexford area). For HSE home support, the office to know is the HSE Home Support Office in Wexford, at Slaney House, Newtown Road, Wexford Y35 V804 (053 916 0262). For a doctor after hours, callers go through Caredoc. We found 14 home care provider offices listed in County Wexford, from 14 names. Providers with an office here include Dovida, Bluebird Care and Caremark, with Comfort Keepers and Right at Home also on the list for the county. People who ring an agency's line at night here are clients, relatives and carers, and Hettie answers all three in the agency's name.
People leaving hospital from this area are most likely to come home from Wexford General Hospital. Specialist palliative care comes through Wexford Community Specialist Palliative Care Team. Enniscorthy and Gorey are the nearest towns with pages of their own, and agencies often follow clients across those boundaries. Many families in Wexford will already have met the HSE office, the hospital or the GP co-op listed here. The agency is the part they ring most often.