Innovation in Home Support Conference 2025

Let’s re-imagine care at home

Join us for the Innovation in Home Support Conference – a national event hosted by Dovida, Ireland’s leading home care provider.

This ground-breaking conference will focus on reimagining home support for all individuals who wish to remain living their lives in their own homes and communities – no matter how complicated it may seem.

Morning sessions

The morning session features insightful talks and illuminating panel discussions with sector-leading experts and influential voices, including:

• Hildegarde Naughton, Minister of State at the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth with responsibility for Disability.
• Mark Pollock, motivational speaker, explorer, athlete, and TED speaker who is exploring the intersection where humans and technology collide to cure paralysis in our lifetime.
• Professor Helen Sanderson MBE, Creator of the One-Page Profile, global leader in personalised care, TEDx speaker and founder of Helen Sanderson Associates, Wellbeing Teams and Community Circles in the UK.
• Tricia Nicoll, Founder of Gloriously Ordinary Lives – a movement that challenges people to see support through a different lens.
• Joseph Musgrave, CEO of Home and Community Care Ireland.
• Tony O’Brien, health analyst for The Sunday Independent and former DG of the HSE.

Afternoon sessions

And in the afternoon, you’ll hear from people innovating on the frontline and academics whose cutting-edge research is asking vital questions about the future shape of home care in Ireland and beyond. Topics will include:

• Safeguarding excellence,
• Communicating with healthcare professionals,
• Supporting people to die well at home,
• The role of emerging digital technologies in home care and related ethical concerns.