BC Children's Hospital Pediatric Palliative Care
Canuck Place Children's Hospice
"The first free-standing hospice for children in North America, Canuck Place Children's Hospice offers specialized care for B.C. children living with progressive life-limiting illnesses and for their families."
The Darling Home For Kids
"The Darling Home for Kids provides paediatric hospice care and respite services to families within communities in Ontario who have children with life-limiting or life-threatening illnesses requiring complex care and/or technology-dependent care."
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Pediatric Cancer Care
"To give pediatric patients some extra support during the course of their treatment, Memorial Sloan-Kettering coordinates a wide-range of programs and services geared especially toward children and young adults."
Le Phare / The Lighthouse - Montreal, Quebec
"A non-profit organization, The Lighthouse, Children and Families aims to relieve the intolerable strain, a strain which can all too often, lead to family breakdown. In providing a network of care for families of children with life-threatening illnesses, both In-Home and within a Care Centre, The Lighthouse seeks to help families and their children live life an make the most of the precious time that passes by."
Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario (POGO) Palliative Care Committee (PPCC)
"POGO's Palliative Care Committee began as POGO's Palliative Care Initiative in 2004. The group was formed in response to requests from several of POGO's Provincial Satellite Program partners for guidelines and resources to aid them in managing pediatric palliative care patients in their hospitals and communities."
Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto) - Palliative Care for Professionals
"The Palliative and Bereavement Care Service at The Hospital for Sick Children is composed of an interdisciplinary team which includes: a clinical nurse specialist, a palliative care physician, a social worker/coordinator and a music therapist. The Service also draws on the expertise of other formal and informal caregivers such as: chaplains, social workers, nurses, a bioethicist, a therapeutic clown, physicians, pain experts and parents."
Roger's House
"Roger's House will be located on the grounds of the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) providing pediatric palliative care with the objective of enhancing the comfort and quality of life for children and their families."
Royal Children's Hospital - Melbourne
Seattle Children's Hospital Pediatric Palliative Care Consulting Service
"The Pediatric Palliative Care Consulting Service offers consultation regarding the care of children with potentially life-limiting conditions. Our team of physician, nurse, and social worker consult with staff. We facilitate care conferences. We also assist with transition to community resources."
Spencer Crawford Children's Foundation, Inc
"SPENCER CRAWFORD CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION, INC. is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization founded to assist children diagnosed with a life threatening illness and their families with the physical, emotional and financial assistance needed to ease the day to day struggles of caring for an ill child. We provide our services so that families may continue to care for and focus on the immediate needs of their child."
Very Special Kids
"Very Special Kids is a unique Victorian organisation that improves the quality of life for families who have a child with a progressive life-threatening illness...Very Special Kids now supports over 550 families all over Victoria, from their base, the Tattersall's Very Special Kids Centre in Malvern, Victoria, Australia."
The Victorian Paediatric Palliative Care Program
"The Victorian Paediatric Palliative Care Program team comprises a Paediatrician and a Case Manager/Social Worker, who work closely with liaison nurses from each of the member organisations to identify children, coordinate care and provide appropriate advice regarding various aspects of patient management. Educational activities for staff from both hospital and community agencies are also offered."
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