Objectives: Little data are available on palliative home care for children. The objective of this
study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a specialized pediatric palliative home care team …

Abstract Objectives: In Germany since 2007 children with advanced life-limiting diseases are
eligible for Pediatric Palliative Home Care (PPHC), which is provided by newly established …

Background: Parents of children with a life-limiting disease have to rely on themselves at
home while adequate paediatric palliative care is lacking. In several countries, paediatric …

Objective To measure the quality of a paediatric hospice home care programme and to
assess the needs and concerns, both met and unmet, of parents who received hospice …

Background: Despite recent strides in pediatric palliative care (PPC), there are few
published data on community-based care of dying children. Objective: Our aim was to …

Background Many children with serious illnesses are receiving palliative and end-of-life care
from pediatric palliative and hospice care teams at home (PPHC@ Home). Despite the …

Context Caring for a child who will die from a life-limiting illness is one of the most difficult
experiences a parent may face. Pediatric palliative care (PPC) has grown as a specialty …

Background: Having a child with a life-limiting illness is a situation that is relatively rare and
represents a multidimensional burden on the family. Paediatric palliative care (PPC) aims to …

Context Children with life-shortening serious illnesses and medically-complex care needs
are often cared for by their families at home. Little, however, is known about what aspects of …

Objective: This study analyzes symptom perception by parents and healthcare professionals
and the quality of symptom management in a pediatric palliative home care setting and …