This section provides parents and carers with information and supports related to the loss of a child or loss during a pregnancy. You will also find advice on supports available for palliative and end of life care, supporting siblings through loss, memory making, and financial supports available.

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Bereavement support and information

The sections below signpost to a range of resources available to support bereaved families or families whose child is
receiving palliative or end of life care.

Hospital supports

There are a range of support staff and teams that may be available to support your family during and after the loss of a child.

  • Palliative care team and professionals

  • Medical social worker (MSW)

  • Hospital chaplain

  • Other medical professionals – a range of other professionals may be able to support your family

General bereavement supports and information

Bereavement supports  – Loss of an infant or loss during pregnancy

Bereavement supports  – Loss of a child

Finding supports – Receiving a life-limiting diagnosis

Click below to find resources available to you if your child has received a life-limiting or life-shortening diagnosis.

Receiving a life-limiting diagnosis for your child

Palliative care and end-of-life supports and information

The sections below provide details of hospitals and community supports available for children receiving palliative or end-of-life care.

Hospital supports

A range of support staff and teams may be available to support your family.

  • Palliative Care Team

  • Medical Social Worker (MSW)

  • Hospital Chaplain

  • Other medical professionals – other members of your child’s care team may provide supports for your family

Palliative care and end-of-life information and support organisations

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Jack and Jill The Childrens Foundation

Jack and Jill The Childrens Foundation

Jack and Jill The Childrens Foundation

jackandjill.ie | info@jackandjill.ie| 045 894 538

Jack and Jill provides in-home nursing care and respite support throughout Ireland for children up to the age of 6 with severe to profound neurodevelopmental delay. This may include children with brain injury, genetic diagnosis, cerebral palsy, and undiagnosed conditions. Another key part of their service is end of life care for all children up to the age of 6, irrespective of diagnosis.

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LauraLynn Ireland

LauraLynn Ireland

LauraLynn Ireland

lauralynn.ie | info@lauralynn.ie| 01 2893151

LauraLynn provides specialist palliative and supportive care services to meet the needs of children (0-18 years old) with life-limiting conditions and their families in Ireland. LauraLynn provides care for the child while also supporting the whole family with targeted supports available to siblings, parents, grandparents and more. Care can be delivered at the hospice building in Dublin or in the family home with the Care in the Community Team providing care and supports in children’s homes across Leinster, Cork, Kerry and Limerick.

Supporting siblings

Supports and information for bereaved children and teens

Memory making

Keepsakes can play a vital role in the grieving process following the loss of a baby or child. Many parents and family members find making memories, and having such reminders long into the future, are a great comfort.

Memory-making activities can involve anything that is meaningful to your family such as photographs, crafts, moulds of hands or feet, memory boxes, or endless other possibilities. Ask your nurse, medical social worker, or play specialist about memory-making
supports available in the hospital. 

See below for additional memory making ideas and resources.

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Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep Ireland

Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep Ireland

Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep Ireland

https://www.facebook.com/nilmdtsireland | nilmdtsireland@gmail.com| 083 377 4777

Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep provides free photography services for babies who will never have the opportunity to have professional photography i.e. babies who were stillborn, have died in the early days after birth, have never left the hospital, or who are sent home or to a hospice.