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The Theodorus Kinder-Tageshospiz in Hamburg is a specialized day care facility that has been providing palliative medical care to seriously ill children, adolescents and young adults with life-limiting illnesses since 2013. 365 days a year, the hospice offers individual care by qualified specialists and creates a place where life and beautiful moments are the focus despite the illness. In contrast to inpatient hospices, which often only allow limited stays, the day hospice enables long-term support and community experience for the sick children and their families.
The main mission of the Theodorus Kinder-Tageshospiz is to give the affected children and adolescents and their families relief and quality of life in everyday life. The focus is not on the dying process, but on promoting joy of life, community and individual needs. The hospice sees itself as a place to live and laugh, which provides both medical and psychological support.
Essential values of the hospice are compassion, respect and professional competence. It pursues a holistic approach that includes children and adolescents, their parents and siblings alike, in order to reduce the family burden.
Regarding sustainability, the Theodorus Kinder-Tageshospiz is committed to continuous quality development in palliative care, close networking with other children's hospice facilities and the promotion of a fixed support offer beyond the usual inpatient boundaries. This enables sustainable and reliable care that offers families long-term stability. In addition, public awareness of the needs of these families is strengthened through public relations and information services, such as the parent brochure "Mein Kind ist schwer krank, wo finde ich UnterstĂĽtzung?" [My child is seriously ill, where can I find support?].
The hospice is part of the nationwide network of children's hospice work, which is coordinated by the Bundesverband Kinderhospiz e.V. [Federal Association for Children's Hospices], and helps to ensure that palliative care needs for children are covered locally and continuously.
In summary, the Theodorus Kinder-Tageshospiz is a committed and human-oriented facility that holistically supports seriously ill children and their families, promotes quality of life and offers long-term relief in often stressful everyday life through specialized care and psychosocial support[2][5][7].
