Talking to children about a life limiting or terminal illness

The Life & Loss Podcast

🎙️ Talking to children about a life-limiting or terminal illness - Leo

Welcome to another episode of the "Life and Loss" podcast, brought to you by Forest Holme Hospice in Poole, Dorset. In this episode, Leo, a Social Worker based at Forest Holme Hospice, discusses when and how to begin discussing a terminal diagnosis with a child, sharing advice on age-appropriate language and communication strategies.

He explains how to approach and start a conversation about this very emotive subject, the use of age-appropriate language and the type of reactions and questions you may expect from a child.

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📰 About Forest Holme Hospice:
Forest Holme Hospice provides palliative and end-of life-care and support to more than 1,500 people each year across Poole, Wimborne and the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset with advanced cancer and other life-limiting illnesses such as Motor Neurone Disease, Parkinson’s, heart disease and respiratory illness.

Forest Holme Hospice Charity was set-up to ensure that everyone in the local community affected by a life-limiting illness or bereavement gets the care and support they need, either at home or in our dedicated hospice facility.

👉 Follow Forest Holme Hospice:
● Website: www.forestholmehospice.org.uk