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- Why we must focus on palliative care
The concept of a ‘good death’ is prevalent in many cultures. Many of us have heard elders in the family pray for an easy death, anayasena maranam. In the song ‘The Gambler’, Kenny Rogers sings, “The best that you can hope for is to die in sleep.
- A bereavement circle for families that have lost a child
The support group led by Golden Butterflies Children’s Palliative Care Foundation and Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research will meet twice a year
- Meet Stella Matthew: A Social Worker Who Has Dedicated Her Life To Children’s Palliative Care!
We have heard of NGOs and foundations that serve a variety of causes like autism, cancer, orphans, old age, etc. In a world full of such social causes, one cause we haven’t heard of is ‘palliative care for children’.
- Carnival for children under palliative care in Chennai
A city-based charitable trust organised a fun fete for children under palliative care in which over 400 children in the city took part.
- A show that entertained children struggling with death
What would you gift a child who has been battling and receiving treatment for a terminal illness for days, months or years? Toys? Books? Chocolates? – Well, it cannot be denied that all these things will cheer up the child.
- A large heart to aid little ones fuels Golden Butterflies
The children in Golden Butterflies listen with rapt attention as a 14-year-old girl shares her struggles and stories of several cycles of chemotherapy in her victorious fight against cancer.
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National
- Golden Butterflies’ efforts to help child-patients and families cope during COVID-19
The novel coronavirus (SARS CoV-2) spread worldwide, lakhs of people succumbed to COVID-19 (COrona VIrus Disease), and healthcare systems across the globe crumbled under the patient load. Chronically ill or terminally ill child-patients tend
- Golden Butterflies Children’s Palliative Care Foundation completed 5 years of service provision to child patients and their families
A new children’s palliative care service was launched earlier this month in Chennai, India. Managing Trustee, Stella Matthew, has written this report on the launch of Golden Butterflies Children’s Palliative Care Foundation for ehospice.
- Golden Butterflies’ trains over 100 nursing students via it’s first ‘Certificate Course in Paediatric Palliative Care’ for Nursing Students
Golden Butterflies organised its first ‘Certificate Course in Paediatric Palliative Care’ for the nursing students of Sri Ramachandra College of Nursing, on Wednesday, 15th February, 2023, and Thursday, 16th February, 2023.
- Golden Butterflies Children’s Palliative Care Foundation completes 6 years of service
It is heartwarming to share that Golden Butterflies Children’s Palliative Care Foundation (GBCPCF) completes 6 years of providing compassionate palliative care services for children and their caregivers.
- Broken crayons colour just as well!
More so child-patients, whose regular routines and lives have been rudely interrupted by disease in an unimaginable manner. To add to the misery, many are forced to travel from their remote villages to alien cities for treatment, with one parent often having to live in the space between two beds
International
- Finding Strength in Loss – Bereavement Loss Project
Grief is a journey filled with twists and turns, moments of darkness, and glimmers of hope. When we started on the journey to create our bereavement program “Finding Strength in Loss- Bereavement Circle” we knew that our mission was not just about providing support – it was about offering a lifeline to those struggling in grief &sorrow.
- Launch of Golden Butterflies Children’s Palliative Care Foundation in Chennai
A new children’s palliative care service was launched earlier this month in Chennai, India. Managing Trustee, Stella Matthew, has written this report on the launch of Golden Butterflies Children’s Palliative Care Foundation for ehospice.
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