St. Joseph's Hospital () is a hospital in

Raheny Raheny () is a northern suburb of Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Ireland, halfway from the city centre to Howth. It is centred on a historic settlement, first documented in 570 AD (Mervyn Archdall (Irish antiquary), Mervyn Archdall). The district ...

, on the Northside of

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. It is used as a

rehabilitation hospital Rehabilitation hospitals, also referred to as inpatient rehabilitation hospitals, are devoted to the rehabilitation of patients with various neurological, musculoskeletal, orthopedic, and other medical conditions following stabilization of their ...

for patients of the Beaumont Hospital in Dublin.

History

The hospital was founded in Edenmore House in

by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Chambéry as St. Joseph's Nursing Home in 1958. It operated as a private hospital until 2001 when it was acquired by the

Health Service Executive The Health Service Executive (HSE) () is the publicly funded healthcare system in Ireland, responsible for the provision of health and personal social services. It came into operation on 1 January 2005. The current director-general is Berna ...

. It was then transferred to the management of the Beaumont Hospital in 2004. The Beaumont Hospital established a new 14-bed rehabilitation centre at St. Joseph's Hospital in March 2005 a community nursing unit was completed there in 2010 and a care for the elderly unit was officially opened there by the

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, in July 2014.

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