Justin Michael Ingerman Center for Palliative Care
Resource Details
The Justin Michael Ingerman Center for Palliative Care helps support children with serious or complicated conditions and their families through clinical care, psychosocial support, research, and education. The goal of palliative care is to relieve pain and stress and meet the psychological, social and spiritual needs of your child and family.
The consulting team, known as the Pediatric Advanced Care Team (PACT), supports you by:
Facilitating communication between your child, the members of your family, and your child's healthcare providers
Helping you make decisions that best reflect your child's and your family's values and preferences
Improving your child's and your family's quality of life
Improving the management of symptoms that cause discomfort
Providing emotional, social, spiritual and bereavement support
Promoting continuity of care
Delivering effective educational programs to healthcare staff
Conducting research to better inform how we can best care for children with life-limiting conditions and support their families
In addition to pediatric palliative care, CHOP offers perinatal palliative care services for families dealing with the diagnosis of a life-threatening birth defect. This team will help you plan for and cope with the remainder of your pregnancy and the time around delivery.