Accompaniment in pediatric care is an essential part of care and humanization in children's medicine. In the conference "Living, caring and accompanying", Dr. Ricardo Martino —coordinator of the Pediatric Palliative Care Unit of the Niño Jesús University Children's Hospital— and vice president of the Foundation because Live shares an in-depth reflection on the importance of accompanying children with serious illnesses and their families throughout the entire care process. Organized by the Poveda Hall of Residence, the event underlines that caring is also listening, relieving and being present, promoting closer, more compassionate and person-centered medical care.

The Dr. Ricardo Martino , coordinator of the Pediatric Palliative Care Unit of the Niño Jesús University Children's Hospital (Madrid) , and vice president of the Foundation because Live offers today in the Poveda Hall of Residence The Conference "Living, caring and accompanying" , a meeting that invites us to reflect on the value of the Accompaniment in paediatric care and the Humanization of children's medicine .

The event brings together professionals, students and people committed to a more humane and closer care for children with incurable diseases and their families.

Life Approach in Paediatric Palliative Care

The Pediatric Palliative Care They don't focus solely on the last moments of life. Its objective is to accompany each child and their family from the diagnosis of a serious or incurable disease , or even before helping them live a full life.

This model of care seeks to alleviate suffering, improve life and ensure that every decision is imbued with humanity, dignity and compassion. That is, to make life continue to be life beyond the disease. That children can continue to be children and that families have the necessary resources throughout the process.

During his speech, the Dr. Martino highlights that “To accompany is to take care of life , even as the disease progresses" . Its team offers medical, psychological, social and spiritual support to families, adapting to their needs and helping them to live each stage with serenity and meaning.

From the Foundation because Live The work of the Public Health Service is complemented by expanding the care, therapies and services, which are provided to families, always by the hand of qualified professionals.

Caring is also accompanying

The Accompaniment in paediatric care It focuses not only on the child, but also on their environment. Fathers, mothers, siblings and caregivers are part of the care process and need to be listened to and supported.

Listening, understanding, and sustaining are acts of care that soothe and give hope.

The Dr. Martino stresses that "Taking good care of yourself until the end is also a way of loving" . Her message invites us to look at illness and death with tenderness and commitment, helping families to find peace and support in the most difficult moments.

In the Foundation because Live We work every day so that all children with life-limiting or life-threatening illnesses receive comprehensive and humanized care, no matter where they live.

We firmly believe that medicine should be at the service of the person and that every family deserves to feel accompanied, understood and cared for.

The conference "Living, caring and accompanying" reflects this commitment and recalls that Humanizing pediatric care it is a task shared by the whole of society.

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