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History of Stewarts Care
Stewarts was established in 1869 in Dublin, to provide for the education, training and support of children with an intellectual disability .
It derives its name from its founder, Dr. Henry Hutchinson Stewart, who was born in Dublin in June 1798. He was the son of a Rector of Donabate Parish, North Co. Dublin. Henry came late to medicine - he took his M.D. when he was 31 years of age. One year later, he married Eliza Going, a clergyman's daughter. The couple had no children.
Dr. Stewart held several medical positions amongst them that of local Dispensary Doctor in Co. Westmeath. Stewart also worked as a Medical Consultant in a hospital in North Brunswick Street that would re-emerge in the 20th century as the Beaumont Hospital. Among the patients in the hospital, there were many elderly people with intellectual disabilities.
Henry was sensitive to their situation and over the next ten years worked vigorously to assemble a committee of highly motivated and influential medical and business professionals. The ultimate result was that, in 1869, the first 12 residents came to "Stewarts" in Palmerstown, Co. Dublin.
Henry relinquished official responsibility for "Stewarts" at the age of 71, but he continued his benevolent interest in its progress.
He died in 1879 aged 81 at his home in Eccles Street, Dublin - followed 2 months later by his widow Eliza. They are buried in Mount Jerome Cemetery.
Stewarts Care Today
More than 150 years later, Stewarts remains a tribute to a man of vision, of generosity, and humanity.
Stewarts Care provides community-based services to more than 2,300 children and adults with intellectual disabilities and autism. Operating from its primary location in Palmerstown, Stewarts Care has homes and New Directions day service hubs throughout Dublin, Meath and Kildare.
Stewarts Care is committed to creating and facilitating individualised supports that allow each person to achieve and maintain positive valued social roles in society. Our person-centered services are designed with respect for the dignity and rights of the person, ensuring their needs are met and their voices heard, now and into the future.
Our vision is to imagine, innovate and create a world of choice with individuals whose dreams and aspirations have no boundaries.
While our mission is to empower and support individuals with different abilities to have an enriched life experience based on their own decisions and life choices.