- To provide respite, care and comprehensive family support for children and young people with life-limiting illnesses and their families.
- To care for children and young people with pediatric palliative care needs at the end of life and to accompany them in the bereavement process.
- To care for professionals dedicated to pediatric palliative care, as well as to support research and innovation in this field.
- To involve the community and support educational centers in dealing with the cases of children and young people with life-limiting and/or end-of-life illnesses.
Pediatric palliative care focuses on improving the quality of life of the child with a life-limiting illness and on supporting the family. It takes into account the physical, emotional, spiritual and educational dimensions. It is aimed at children affected by all types of serious, life-limiting illnesses, not only cancer.
The Enriqueta Villavecchia Foundation, which works to support and accompany children suffering from serious, life-limiting illnesses throughout the entire process, proposes the creation of a unique and pioneering center: a children's hospice, a center prepared to help and care for the child and his or her family in a comprehensive way at this difficult time.
The center will be located in the Santa Victoria Pavilion, placed in a historic and emblematic place in the city of Barcelona with a long tradition and social commitment to the most vulnerable groups: the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau. This children's hospice will provide respite stays, leisure activities and family support, as well as adequate spaces to accompany them in the last days of life.
- Respite and family rest.
- Accompaniment during the last days of life.
- Complementary care: physiotherapy, water area, music therapy, animal-assisted therapy, multisensory stimulation.
- Games, entertainment, activities and fun.
- Bereavement care.
- Mutual Aid Groups.
- Support and care of professionals.
- Support and advice to educational centers.
Children and young people with life-limiting illnesses and their families.
Fundació Enriqueta Villavecchia (NGO's website)
Una victoria de todos (project's website)