For more than 20 years, the Children’s Palliative Care Society has been addressing issues related to the availability and development of children’s palliative care services in Latvia.
The Society was founded in 1998 and its activities are governed by its Statutes.
In collaboration with BKUS , the Society has developed a model of children’s palliative care where services are provided by an interdisciplinary team of specialists (link to info about the team) consisting of a doctor, nurse, social worker, chaplain and psychologist.
The Society has been delegated a public governance task of providing psychosocial rehabilitation services at home for children in palliative care and their family members. The service is provided by the Society’s social workers and chaplains in accordance with Cabinet Regulation No. 766, “Regulations on psychosocial rehabilitation services for children in palliative care and their family members.
The Society is active in the development of the regulatory and policy planning documents and in the education of specialists.
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For more than 20 years, the Children’s Palliative Care Society has been addressing issues related to the availability and development of children’s palliative care services in Latvia.
The Society was founded in 1998 and its activities are governed by its Statutes.
In collaboration with BKUS , the Society has developed a model of children’s palliative care where services are provided by an interdisciplinary team of specialists (link to info about the team) consisting of a doctor, nurse, social worker, chaplain and psychologist.
The Society has been delegated a public governance task of providing psychosocial rehabilitation services at home for children in palliative care and their family members. The service is provided by the Society’s social workers and chaplains in accordance with Cabinet Regulation No. 766, “Regulations on psychosocial rehabilitation services for children in palliative care and their family members.
The Society is active in the development of the regulatory and policy planning documents and in the education of specialists.
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