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Pediatric Palliative Care
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offered by Chicago and Northwest Indiana
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Children with life limiting illness are viewed as outside the natural order of life. Children represent hope, energy, and health. A dying child can challenge our understanding of life, faith, and certainty in the future. For health care providers and families of dying children, questions abound.
For children with progressive, life-threatening illnesses and their families, there are often numerous compromises to be made when balancing between treatment and quality of life. The burden of chronic illness and the care it demands can exhaust a family financially, physically, and emotionally. As the disease progresses, despite efforts at cure or control, consideration must be given to the impact that treatment will have on the child's comfort and quality of life.
The Unity Hospice staff is dedicated to ensuring that the transition in life is filled with dignity, comfort and peace. We do this not only for the patient, but also for their family and loved ones as well.
Our specially trained team includes pediatricians, nurses, social workers, home health aides, spiritual counselors, music & pet therapy, volunteers, physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech therapists and dieticians. We believe in a comprehensive approach to care that focuses on the needs of all those involved.
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