Someone I Love is in Hospice Care

Simple books for complicated topics.

Overview:
Having someone you love transitioning to hospice care is extremely difficult. Everyone faces their own unique emotions, circumstances, situations, and struggles when this happens.

The situation is even more complicated when there are children involved. You are not only navigating your own emotions, but also theirs.

Children may feel lots of different emotions, especially when explaining why the person has new equipment in the home, is in a new space, or even comes to live in the child's home. Remember grief and loss can also apply to losing a sense of routine or normalcy. (Remember this for yourself too!)

Sometimes it is difficult to have the conversation with children, or talk about their emotions, as well as your own. This book is meant to be a support to either begin, guide, or continue conversations, while also including a page of ideas for your child to connect with their adult in hospice care.

Caregiver Connections:
Aiming to help guide caregivers in language to use (or questions to ask) their child as they read through this book, caregiver connections are mentioned on specific pages. Suggestions for questions to ask on these pages to encourage conversation are included at the end of the story.

It was here she saw a truth many families face: it is extremely hard to explain hospice care to children. To help ease this conversation and provide understanding and connection, Rowan and her story were created to help children and adults alike.