Facilitating visits by children to an ill or dying parent

Provide supported visits to all children

Explore and alleviate worries or reluctance about visiting

Prepare children for what they will see:

Hospital or hospice setting
Medical equipment
Physical condition of parent
Functional status of parent
Other patients

Bring an extra supportive adult who can leave when the child is ready

Provide structure or activity for younger children

Avoid an agitated or delirious parent

Debrief after the visit

Provide alternatives to an in-person visit

Remember that there are many opportunities to say goodbye

From: Muriel AC, Rauch PK. Talking with families and children about the death of a parent. In: Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine, 4th ed, Hanks G, Cherny NI, Christakis NA, et al (Eds), Oxford University Press 2010. Reproduced by permission of Oxford University Press. Copyright © 2010. www.oup.com.

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