Abstract:
This practicum project addresses the alternate option for sick children and their
families when there is simply nothing else modern medicine can do for them. A
misconception of palliative care is that it ends life when in reality it does the exact
opposite. The the idea of losing a child or sibling is something
that is considered taboo; you just don’t want to think about it. By not thinking about
it we lose the opportunity to eliminate the stigma and the opportunity to create
something that will help families and children embrace the end of life stage.
This practicum project will propose the creation of a Paediatric Palliative Care
Hospice in the south end of the City of Winnipeg. This project aims to take away the
uneasiness of death and to assure sick children that death is not scary and that they
have nothing to be afraid of.
