Canuck place: a hospice for dying children.

Parents will never face a more stressful event than the news that their child will die. A child's terminal illness challenges every belief, emotion and dream that a parent has. In addition to the emotional drain, caring for a dying child is physically exhausting. Moreover, the child's illness affects the lives of all brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles and grandparents. The care of these children and their families demands a holistic program of services, including physical and emotional support, as well as tangible ways to relieve parents from the continuous 24-hour care of their child. And after the child has died, the emotional support must continue as families learn to face life without their child.