Kangaroo Kids is a supportive program that cares for children and families with sensitivity and skill.
For a family who has a child with life-threatening illness, getting the right kind of support is especially challenging.
Now, there's a unique new resource called Kangaroo Kids. Child-and family-focused professionals who support families caring for their child at home. A close-knit team that supports you from the beginning of your child's diagnosis. And day by day, can respond to the needs and wishes of your entire family, with dedication and tremendous commitment to you and your child.
That's what Kangaroo Kids is all about.
What is Special about Kangaroo Kids?
Kangaroo Kids is a unique pediatric program dedicated to offering individualized and all-encompassing care to children and families who face life-threatening illness. It is based on the belief that children and families can thrive best when they're encouraged to care for their child at home, with resources and support to sustain a normal family life in every possible way.
An innovative program of Seasons Hospice and Palliative Care, Kangaroo Kids offers a constant, supportive presence to families; and tremendous peace of mind.
What is Pediatric Supportive Care?
Children with life-threatening illness are children, first and foremost. Kangaroo Kids team members recognize this and are sensitive to how they can support a child to be as much in his or her normal everyday life as possible.
They know that with their illnesses, kids need to feel they can control some things even while they can't control others. So they look for ways to support a child's independence. And Kangaroo Kids helps families address and manage the physical, psychological, social and spiritual aspects of the illness' impact on the child and family. From the beginning of the diagnosis, they become partners and develop deep relationships with the child and everyone in the family.
What are the Goals of Pediatric Supportive Care?
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Creating the best quality of life for children and their families |
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Relieving suffering |
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Controlling symptoms |
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Encouraging children to be at home with their families |
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Providing caring expertise and support so families feel they have arms to lean on and they're not alone |
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Encouraging children to maintain their independence and a sense of being respected for who they are |
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Helping family members move through their emotions and help resolve spiritual questions |
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