Focus is on the care, comfort, and quality of life for children living with a life-threatening, life-limiting, or progressive illness.
Related categories 3
Sites 5
- Children's Hospice International Gateway for education, referrals and community resources for families coping with children that have catastrophic and terminal illnesses.
- Care of the Terminally Ill Child Information about a child's concept of death, grief, physical and psychosocial needs, supportive, and the dying process.
- Edmarc Hospice for Children Offers home healthcare, hospice, and bereavement support. Material on services, the organization, and contact information. [Portsmouth, Virginia]
- Children's Hospice and Palliative Care Coalition Promotes family-centered care for children with life-threatening illness by reducing physical, emotional, spiritual, and psychological pain for the entire family. [California]
- Royal Children's Hospital: Paediatric Palliative Care Focus is on the dying child's quality of life, support for the family, and management of distressing symptoms. [Melbourne, Australia]