Chapter 34: Care of children and young people with life limiting illness
1. Name the first children’s hospice opened in the UK in the early 1980s?
- Henry’s House
- Deborah’s Hospice
- Hospice House for Children
- Helen House
2. What is a life-limiting illness?
- A medical condition where affected children have complex needs
- A medical condition which limits the child’s abilities
- A medical condition which limits the child’s life expectancy to childhood so they are unlikely to reach adulthood
- An illness which makes a child very ill
3. Which of the options below best describes the professional team involved with caring for life-limited children and their families?
- Multiprofessional, interagency teams working collaboratively
- Consultants and doctors
- Counsellors
- Play and music therapists
4. Is safeguarding policy relevant to caring for a life-limited child?
- Safeguarding policy is rarely relevant for this group of children
- Safeguarding policy is less important because care for this group of children is always of a high standard
- Safeguarding policy is essential to all children in all care settings
- Life-limited children rarely experience abuse or neglect
5. Is health promotion an important aspect of care in children’s hospices?
- Health promotion is part of the ethos of children’s hospices to support children and families’ wellbeing and holistic needs
- Children’s hospices only provide end-of-life care not health promotion
- Health promotion is relevant to children’s hospice care for families but not the children
- Children’s hospices only offer symptom management