| Palliative and bereavement care team | 1596.00000000000 | Palliative and bereavement care team | Palliative and bereavement care team | P | English | NA | Child (0-12 years);Teen (13-18 years) | NA | NA | Health care professionals | Adult (19+)
Caregivers | NA | | 2009-12-04T05:00:00Z | | | | | | 12.9000000000000 | 34.1000000000000 | 382.000000000000 | | Flat Content | Health A-Z | <p> If their condition is life-limiting, children may be seen by members of a palliative and bereavement care team. These health-care professionals can help ensure a child is not in pain and provide bereavement support for families who are grieving.</p> | <p> This page explains how a palliative and bereavement care team can support children with a life-limiting disease and their families.</p> | | <h2> Key points </h2><ul><li> Members of the palliative and bereavement care team provide support for the physical, emotional, spiritual, and psychological symptoms experienced by a child with a life-limiting disease and their family.</li><li>Members can include nurses, physicians, social workers, chaplains, a bereavement coordinator and other health-care professionals.</li></ul> | <h2>Palliative care</h2>
<p>Palliative care is a term used to describe the total package of care provided to children with a life-limiting disease and their families. It focuses on providing support and relief for the physical, emotional, spiritual, and psychological symptoms that may be experienced by the child and family. </p>
<h3>What is a palliative care service?</h3>
<p>Palliative care is usually provided by the team taking care of the child in consultation with a Paediatric Palliative Care Service. This service may be made up of nurses, physicians, social workers, chaplains, and other health-care professionals who have an interest in working with children with life-limiting illnesses and their families. </p>
<h3>What does a palliative care service do?</h3>
<p>Palliative Care Services provide consultation or direct patient care either in the hospital or in the patient’s home. Generally, palliative care services focus on the following: </p>
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<li>pain and symptom management</li>
<li>quality of life</li>
<li>coordination of care across inpatient, outpatient, and home settings</li>
<li>support of child and family</li>
<li>bereavement follow-up</li></ul>
<h2>Bereavement care</h2>
<p>Bereavement care is support provided to individuals who have experienced the death of a family member or loved one.</p>
<h3>What is a bereavement coordinator?</h3>
<p>A bereavement coordinator is often part of a hospital's Palliative Care Service. These are people who provide support to parents and families, and to the health-care team, in the event of the death of a child. </p>
<h3>What does a bereavement coordinator do?</h3>
<p>Following the death of a child, the bereavement coordinator focuses on helping people through the grieving process, providing ways to cope with the physical, emotional, and spiritual changes that accompany such a loss. Bereavement coordinators offer referrals to counselling and other services. </p> | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Palliative and bereavement care team | | False | | | | | | |
