MaineHealth Palliative Care - Scarborough provides expert pediatric palliative care for children living with complex, chronic or serious illness. We focus on enhancing quality of life, and healing for children of all ages in partnership with cure-directed care. We collaborate closely with parents, child life specialists, pediatric chaplains and our patients' entire medical team to determine the best care plan for each patient.
Compassionate care for children living with complex, chronic or serious illness
Care is customized to meet the needs of each child. Services include:
- Care team communication and coordination of care
- Assisting families with difficult decisions, in keeping with their hopes, values and beliefs
- Optimizing pain and symptom management
- Providing continuous care across settings, including the hospital, outpatient clinic and home
Who are our patients?
We take care of children of all ages, throughout their journey with serious illness. We hope to meet children and families as soon as possible after diagnosis, and to care for them for as long as they need. Our patients have conditions including, but not limited to:
- Genetic or metabolic conditions
- Seizures
- Cancer
- Heart disease
- Prematurity, and related conditions
- Cystic fibrosis
- Any condition that results in long, or recurrent hospital visits
We provide inpatient, outpatient, and home-based consultations. Referrals can be made by your pediatrician or specialist.
