A COVID-19 Update From The Jack & Jill Team

Supporting Jack & Jill Families During COVID-19

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412 children and families under our wing nationwide

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82% of families receiving home nursing support * November 2021

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Essential visits and over the phone support for cocooning families continues

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Every €18 raised funds one hour of home nursing care via donation direct to family model

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Over 94,000 hours of home nursing care funded and delivered in 2020, despite COVID-19

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223 new referrals from March 2020 to December 2021

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Our Story


The Jack & Jill Children’s Foundation was born arising from Jonathan Irwin’s and Mary Ann O’ Brien’s own difficult care journey when their son Jack suffered permanent brain damage soon after birth, leaving him with severe disabilities and in need of round-the-clock care.


Thanks to the help of a team of local nurses and friends who rallied around, they were able to look after Jack at home until he passed away on 13th December 1997 aged 22 months, just short of his second birthday. Jack’s home nursing care regime would become the blueprint for the Jack & Jill model of care that we know today and which has since helped more than 2,600 families to care for their children at home, where they belong, supported by specially-trained nurses and carers.

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