What is pediatric palliative care?
Comprehensive medical, emotional, therapeutic, and spiritual support for the patient, parents, and the entire family. The goal is to ease the patient’s distressing symptoms and pain, and to help alleviate the stress family members naturally feel. Whom we help: Any child with a life-limiting illness and their family. What to expect: Professional guidance and support from an inter-disciplinary team including a nurse, physician, social worker, home care aide, spiritual care coordinator, a bereavement coordinator and a trained volunteer who all focus on the special needs of you and your child. Complementary services such as therapeutic massage, expressive art activities, music therapy, pet visits and expressive puppetry help support your child psychologically. Our service also helps parents make special arrangements for an ill child’s educational needs. The Masonicare difference: Masonicare has over a century of experience helping patients maintain quality of life. Our specially trained ho
