Regional Resource Team for Pediatric Palliative Care
The ERRSPP of the Caen Normandy University Hospital, La Source , is a multidisciplinary team whose main objective is to integrate the palliative approach into the practice of all healthcare professionals confronted with end-of-life care in pediatrics.
La Source operates across the three departments of the region: Calvados, Manche, and Orne, providing services both within and outside of hospitals, including medical and social care facilities and home-based interventions. It offers support and guidance to healthcare teams. It provides expertise in the care of newborns, children, and adolescents and their families, as well as in symptom management, in collaboration with the referring teams.
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Team
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Medical-Administrative Assistant
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Nurse · Childcare worker
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Psychologist
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Activities
Why contact us?- You are wondering about the care of a child or adolescent with a life-limiting or life-threatening condition .
- The family and/or the care team have questions about the consistency of the care plan and the life plan.
- symptoms persist despite the implementation of first-line treatments .
- The child and/or their family are requesting a return/maintenance at home .
- You need information on the management of certain end-of-life symptoms (pain, asthenia, breathing difficulties, anorexia).
- You would like information on palliative care in pediatrics.
- You are wondering about the palliative approach in pediatrics .
Who can contact us?- The child's primary care physician.
- Any caregiver involved in the child's care.
- The parents.
- The child himself.
Our missions- Intervene at the request of a professional, the referring team or relatives facing difficulties in supporting a child in palliative care.
- Allow time for evaluation with the relevant team.
- To enable the coordination and development of a care and life plan .
- To offer opportunities for discussion and support with professionals.
- training and acculturation activities to the palliative approach in pediatrics.
- Promote the development of research in palliative care in conjunction with other teams of the French Society for Pediatric Palliative Care .
Areas of intervention in the Lower Normandy region- Pediatric and neonatology units.
- Medical and social centers.
- HAD · Palliative care networks.
- At home: family, private caregivers, other service providers…
- Places where the child lives: school, leisure activities…
Our concept of care- Multidisciplinary approach.
- Placing the child at the heart of care and promoting medical, psychological and social support .
- To collaborate with all professionals without replacing them.
- Consider each professional within their area of expertise .
- Involve parents in the care process by striving to respect their choices and those of the child as much as possible .
- Prioritize remaining as close to home when desired.
- The primary focus should be on preserving the child's quality of life and comfort .
