Palliative Care

 

Mailing Address 725 Welch Road Palo Alto, CA 94304

Pager (24 hours a day, 7 days a week): (650) 723-6661, pager ID #19474. Ask for the Pediatric Palliative Care Team. Phone:  (650) 497-8963 Fax: (650) 725-9591

 

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For a child diagnosed with a life-threatening illness, palliative care provides complete physical, emotional, social and spiritual support. Palliative care enables children and families to reach for hope in their day-to-day lives.

Reaching for Hope by Grace Lim, 1992-2004 Assisi Children's Centre, Singapore

The Palliative Care team at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital is committed to helping patients achieve the best quality of life possible. We know that “quality of life” means different things to different people, so we work to fulfill the goals of each child and family, including siblings.

Collaborative Planning

We work with the child’s primary care team to assist families in decision making and in developing a comprehensive plan for comfort care. We also partner with community agencies to ease the transitions between hospital, hospice and home. Together we work to ensure that each child receives optimal care in all settings.

Comprehensive Care

The Palliative Care team provides support under many circumstances, in many styles and for many reasons. The team is available to:

• Manage distressing symptoms, both physical and emotional
• Facilitate communication between and among children, families and health care providers
• Consult on the care of healthy siblings
• Plan for present and future choices and decisions in children’s care
• Help children and families transition to palliative care
• Provide consultation for individual health care providers and teams
• Advise families and staff about bereavement resources as appropriate

Contact Us

Anyone—family members or staff—may request consultation from the Palliative Care team. The child’s attending physician will always be involved in the consultation process.

• By Pager (24 hours a day, 7 days a week): (650) 723-6661, pager ID #19474. Ask for the Pediatric Palliative Care Team.
• Phone: (650) 497-8963
• Fax: (650) 725-9591

Learn More

• The Palliative Care Team