The Haslinger Family Pediatric Palliative Care Center is turning 10, and we want to share our party hats, balloons and cake with you!
Miller South students breathe life into wind chime project for Garden of Hope and Healing
June 7, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Our Garden of Hope and Healing became an even more magical place May 31, thanks to a year’s worth of artistic creation by the 32 middle schoolers at Miller South School for the Visual and Performing Arts.
One Cause, Two Continents – Pediatric Palliative Care in Africa
March 31, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Here at the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization’s Management and Leadership Conference, there is a special breakfast to learn about a unique program that NHPCO offers, the Foundation for Hospices in Sub-Saharan Africa (FHSSA). The foundation’s mission is to build partnerships to enhance compassionate care in Africa by connecting partners from organizations across the [...]
National Leadership Conference Advocates Better Palliative and Hospice Care for Children
March 30, 2012 by 2 Comments
Greetings from National Harbor, Maryland, where I’m attending the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization’s (NHPCO) 27th Management and Leadership Conference, entitled, “Listen, Engage, Advocate and Define: It’s About How We LEAD.” NHPCO holds two major conferences annually, and this one is targeted more for administration and managers. I don’t routinely attend this one, but [...]
Using the power of social media in pediatric palliative care
March 9, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Greetings from the mile-high city of Denver, Colorado, where many of my palliative care colleagues are together for the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine/Hospice and Palliative Nurses’ Association Annual Assembly. In addition to me, Dr. Catherine Kelly-Langen from our palliative care team, as well as Dr. Dianna Yip, one of our palliative care [...]
Bath Elementary students provide comfort to chronically ill children
January 25, 2012 by Leave a Comment
When Michelle George, a 4th grade teacher at Bath Elementary School, decided to organize a holiday service project for her students, she thought of Akron Children’s Hospital. Michelle called Akron Children’s Haslinger Family Pediatric Palliative Care Center, which provides care to children with life-threatening or chronic illness and their families. Together, Michelle and the center decided to [...]
