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[Playing games to help deal with the end of life]
1Service d'hospitalisation à domicile, Fondation de la Croix Saint-Simon, Paris. lefevre.viviane@neuf.fr
Soins. Pediatrie, Puericulture
|June 28, 2011
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Paediatric nursing teams aim to allow children to play throughout their lives, even when facing terminal illness. Play provides a crucial outlet for children and families to navigate the emotional turmoil of impending death.
Area of Science:
- Pediatric Nursing
- Child Life Services
- Palliative Care
Context:
- Children facing life-limiting illnesses often experience significant emotional distress.
- Families also struggle with the psychological impact of a child's terminal diagnosis.
- Existing support systems may not fully address the psychosocial needs during end-of-life care.
Purpose:
- To explore the role of play in pediatric end-of-life care.
- To provide a framework for using play to manage emotional chaos for children and families.
- To support a child's psychological well-being until the end of life.
Summary:
- A pediatric nursing team has established an objective to facilitate play for children until the end of their lives.
- Play is utilized as a therapeutic tool to help children and their families psychologically organize the emotional distress associated with impending death.
- This approach addresses the profound challenges of a child's end-of-life journey.
Impact:
- Play can serve as a vital coping mechanism for children and families during terminal illness.
- Implementing play-based interventions can improve the quality of life for children nearing death.
- This strategy offers a compassionate response to the difficult situation of a child's end-of-life care.
Abstract:
Allowing a child to play until the end of his/her life, such is the objective which a paediatric nursing team has set itself The games must enable the child and his family to organise psychologically the emotional chaos provoked by impending death. They question and provide an answer to an intolerable situation--the end of a child's life.
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