Pediatric Palliative Care Coalition (PPCC), a PA-based statewide coalition, is a volunteer group of professionals, parents, and community members who provide information and resources for families with children with life-limiting conditions.

Monthly Webinar

November 17, 2020 – Partnering with Funeral Professionals to Support Families Following the Death of a Child with Kristin James, Executive Director, GIPPCC, and Buffy Peters, Director, Hamilton’s Academy of Grief, Hamilton’s Funeral Home. The death of a child creates a wave of emotional trauma that reverberates through families, schools, faith communities, sports teams, and entire communities. This session will present findings from an innovative project that brought together hospital, hospice, funeral service, grief professionals and parents to examine best practices for the continuum of care following the death of a child.

PPCC Firefly Chat   

PPCC is pleased to announce a new series of interactive virtual discussions that will explore issues facing the pediatric palliative care community in PA and beyond. The first chat, A Day in the Life of a Caregiver, took place on Friday, October 9. To listen to the recording, click HERE.

PPCC Caregiver Lightning Bug App

The new PPCC Caregiver app gives caregivers a suite of indispensable tools to manage, store and share information. Our app streamlines a Caregiver’s experience by providing the tools and features that they need most.

Latest News

• PPCC 

          Sep 2020 – Animal Assisted Therapy in Pediatric Palliative Care
          Oct 2020 – Finding Your Community: Parenting a Child with a Rare Disease

• COVID-19 Response & Resources – Thanks to all of you for the very important and hard work that you are doing in the midst of this healthcare crisis.  We hope that you are healthy and well supported as you confront the challenges in this unprecedented time.  We will do our best to send out helpful resources as they become available in hopes of making this time a bit easier.  Please let us know if there is anything we can do to help support your family or institution.  Betsy Hawley, PPCC Executive Director

•   Resource: The New York Times – Dying in Your Mother’s Arms, Sep 2020 

   

• Resource: Pediatric E-Journal, Care Throughout the Dying Process, Aug 2020, Issue #60

   

•   Resource from CPN: Peeking at the Unimaginable – Considering a Child’s End Of Life
  
  
•    Resource: Pediatric E-Journal, Ethical Issues, May 2020, Issue #59

   

•    Resource: Grieving Alone & Together During the Covid-19 Pandemic

   

•     Resource: Downloadable Emergency Plan from Courageous Parents Network