Palliative Care Resources
Children’s Hospital
Palliative Care – a must! Manages child’s complex care and pain, normalizes the process as much as possible and provides a nonjudgmental sounding board.
Mercy Children’s Hospital
Palliative Care – a must! Manages child’s complex care and pain, normalizes the process as much as possible and provides a nonjudgmental sounding board.
Wings, BJC Pediatric Supportive Care Program
In-home services that cut down on frequent trips for blood and urine tests and provide supportive, familiar nurses capable of answering questions about medically complex children.
Courageous Parents Network
An online community for parents of children with life-limiting illnesses to find support, guidance and strength as they care for a seriously ill child. Here you will find many virtual resources from parents, pediatric care provider and more.
Gwendolyn’s Gifts
Gwendolyn’s Gifts provides emotional support to families of children on palliative and/or hospice care by spreading joy through the delivery of their Smile Bags, celebrating holidays, and/or fulfilling a special request for a child on hospice care. They also provide financial assistance to relieve the heavy financial burden associated with caring for a child with a terminal diagnosis.