Palliative care includes reducing the physical, psychological, social and spiritual suffering that is associated with serious illness. Learn about the role palliative care providers can have in your child’s care.
Learn about the supports available to families coping with pregnancy and infant loss, including perinatal palliative care.
Learn about other types of pain, including recurrent, procedural, and palliative pain. Read about how they are treated. Lumbar punctures are discussed.
Proper diabetes care at home includes sharing responsibility and creating and maintaining a routine. Find out how to do this in a way that works for your family.
Books and websites with information about heart conditions in children.
This page describes several key phases of care at home after your child’s hypospadias surgery.
This page is an introduction to the At Home section of the scoliosis resource centre. It touches on building back your teen's food intake after scoliosis surgery, going back to school, and getting back to normal.
Learn how to how to care for your child at home after a myelogram.
Find out what happens when you receive chemotherapy as an outpatient, either in the hospital or taking medications at home.
Learn how to care for your child at home after a thyroid biopsy/fine needle aspiration (FNA).
The Blalock-Thomas-Taussig (BTT) shunt helps babies with certain heart defects get enough oxygen until they can have surgery to fix the defect.
Nurse practitioners are registered nurses who have additional formal education. Find out how a nurse practitioner is different from a nurse and what they can do to help you during your treatment.
Learn how to care for your child at home after they have received 131I-MIBG therapy, including follow-up care and when to seek medical attention.
Learn about your child's care at home, after a blood and marrow transplant.
Learn how to care for your child at home after an angiography through the femoral artery (groin).
An occupational therapist can help you with everyday tasks. Find out why you might need occupational therapy as part of your recovery.
Learn how to care for your child at home after an angiography through the radial artery (wrist).
Read about pulmonary atresia; a condition involving the pulmonary valve, between the right ventricle and pulmonary artery, not forming completely.
Learn how to care for your child at home after a lumbar puncture.
Learn how to care for your child at home after a port removal.
In-depth information concerning steps after your child's brain surgery, including going home and medication.
Learn tips to help navigate the transitions you and your child will experience during their hospital stay for intestinal failure and when planning to return home from the hospital.
Discover some of the factors you might consider before deciding to leave home.
Learn about the different types of brain tumours, how they are diagnosed and treated, and the various supports available to families.
Read about issues that parents and caregivers must address in order to prepare for a baby's discharge from the NICU and arrival at home.
