AHRQ Innovations Exchange | Palliative Care Program Honors Parent Wishes and Provides Support, Generating Positive Feedback From Families Facing Loss of Baby

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Palliative Care Program Honors Parent Wishes and Provides Support, Generating Positive Feedback From Families Facing Loss of Baby

Print E-mail Link Jump to: What They Did | Did It Work? | How They Did It | Adoption Considerations Snapshot Summary The Hand-in-Hand Perinatal Palliative Care Program provides a formal, organized system of support for pregnant women and families who experience or will soon experience the loss of a baby with a life-limiting condition. A multidisciplinary team provides emotional support and compassionate, nonjudgmental care for the baby and family. With the assistance of an assigned team member, parents develop a birth plan and advance care plan that outlines desired medical interventions (if any), and all members of the health care team recognize and support these decisions. The team member helps parents create a memory box with tangible items that celebrate the baby’s life and honor his or her memory. He or she also involves other team members as necessary, such as the chaplain to provide spiritual support and the social worker to arrange hospice care and other services. Anecdotal feedback suggests the program is highly valued by the families it serves. Evidence Rating Suggestive: The evidence consists of anecdotal feedback from families served by the program. begin do Developing Organizations Women's Hospital (The), Newburgh, IN end do Date First Implemented 2009 Decemberbegin pp Patient Population Gender > Female; Age > Fetus; Newborn (0-1 month); Vulnerable Populations > Women

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