Our goal is to make your child as comfortable as possible and to have the best quality of life possible. We do that by providing your child with:
Palliative care helps strengthen your child’s body, mind and spirit when they experience symptoms that come with a serious illness. Easing these symptoms:
The HSC Butterfly Team is a group of professional experts in pediatric palliative care. Members work together with the child, family, and their unit-based care team to make sure that the child and family have the best quality of life possible. This includes making every effort to provide surroundings that create a climate of sensitivity, privacy and comfort for the child and family.
To provide active and holistic care for children and young people and their families experiencing a life-limiting illness in a supportive environment that focuses on enhancement of quality of life, family support, and management of distressing symptoms while respecting their beliefs, values, and priorities.
This is a program for children who are already patients at The HSC Pediatric Center. To learn more about this inpatient program, please call our admission office at 202-635-6115, or visit our how to get services page.
Learn how you can get Medical Services and Therapy at the HSC Pediatric Center.
