Hope After the Loss of a Baby
The Perinatal Palliative Care Team at Women & Babies Hospital offers compassionate and supportive care to families facing the challenge of a baby with a life-limiting or life-threatening diagnosis. The focus of the Palliative Care Team is on enhancing the quality of life for baby, while offering support and hope to parents and family members.
Our care teams are comprised of a physician, nurse, chaplain and social worker, each of whom offers support and guidance that is personalized to each family’s situation, preferences and needs. Our goal is to reduce and relieve physical pain and suffering for the baby along with the emotional and spiritual suffering of the family.
Each life, no matter how brief, is precious. Palliative Care is intended to provide comfort to families in an environment that fosters healing and hope.
Services include:
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Creation of a birthing plan to determine the family’s preferences for interventions at birth
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Spiritual and psychological support for family members, including other children
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Guidance in establishing the goals of palliative care
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Coordination of the baby’s discharge to home or hospice, if appropriate
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Assistance with final arrangements, memorial services and goodbyes, as needed
For more information, call (717) 544-3418.