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Hope Hospice offers pediatric care.

Pediatric Care

Personalized care helps children with serious or chronic illness experience greater comfort and quality of life while supporting the families who care for them.

Hope Hospice's pediatric care services help your family prepare for the journey ahead.

Support for the Journey Ahead


Caregiver Resources

Find helpful resources, guidance, and support to help you care for your child and navigate each step with confidence.


What Care Looks Like

Comprehensive support designed around the needs of children, young adults, and the families who care for them.

Feeling More Comfortable

We help manage pain, symptoms, treatment side effects, and other challenges that can affect comfort and well-being. Care is personalized to each child’s unique needs and stage of development.

Enjoying Everyday Moments

Our team focuses on helping children spend more time doing the things they love, whether that’s playing, learning, socializing, celebrating milestones, or simply being a kid.

By the Bay Health pediatric care helps your child grow through challenges.

Growing Through Challenges

Rehabilitation support can help children maintain strength, mobility, communication skills, and independence. We work to support participation in everyday activities and developmental milestones whenever possible.

Hope Hospice provides specialists for pediatric care.

Making Care Easier

We coordinate care across physicians, specialists, therapists, schools, and community services so families can spend less time managing appointments and more time focusing on their child.

By the Bay Health's pediatric care supports the whole family.

Caring for the Whole Family

Parents and caregivers receive guidance, education, and emotional support throughout the care journey, helping them feel more confident navigating complex decisions and changing needs.

By the Bay Health's pediatric care supports you at every stage.

Supporting Every Stage

Whether a child is receiving palliative care, hospice care, or ongoing treatment, we provide consistent support that adapts as needs evolve over time.

Your Care Team

A compassionate team of pediatric specialists working together to support your child and your family.

Pediatric Nurse

Provides clinical care, symptom support, education, and coordination while helping families navigate day-to-day health needs.

Pediatric Physician or Nurse Practitioner

Offers medical expertise, symptom management guidance, and oversight to ensure care remains aligned with each child’s needs and goals.

Social Worker

Supports families through emotional, practical, and financial challenges while helping connect them with community resources and services.

Spiritual Support Counselor

Provides compassionate support for children and families seeking comfort, reflection, meaning, or connection during difficult times.

Home Health Aide

Assists with personal care needs, helping children remain comfortable and supported in familiar surroundings.

Grief Support Counselor

Offers anticipatory grief counseling and follow-up support for family members who have lost their loved one.

What to Expect

From the first conversation onward, we’ll help your family feel supported, informed, and cared for.

Getting to Know Your Child

We begin by learning about your child's condition, strengths, personality, goals, routines, and support system. This helps us build a care plan that reflects the needs of the whole child.

Creating a Family-Centered Plan

Together, we'll develop a personalized approach that supports comfort, quality of life, development, and family priorities while coordinating with your child's existing care team.

Providing Ongoing Support

Regular visits, symptom management, education, care coordination, and emotional support help families navigate challenges while adapting care as needs change.

Growing With Your Family

As your child's needs evolve, we continue adjusting support, connecting resources, and helping your family navigate each stage of the journey with confidence and compassion.

Frequently Asked Questions

Find answers to common questions about pediatric palliative and hospice care, eligibility, and family support.

How do I know if my child is eligible for Pediatric Care?

Pediatric Care may be appropriate for infants, children, adolescents, and young adults living with serious, complex, or life-limiting conditions. Eligibility depends on your child’s individual needs and the type of support required. Our team can help you understand available services and determine what may be right for your child and family.

Hope Hospice provides Pediatric Care to families throughout its Tri-Valley and surrounding East Bay service area. Contact our team to confirm availability in your community and learn more about the services available to your family.

Families don’t need to wait until a child’s condition reaches a certain point to ask for additional support. Pediatric Care may be helpful when symptoms become difficult to manage, hospital visits become more frequent, medical needs grow more complex, or your family could benefit from additional guidance and care coordination.

Coverage depends on your child’s needs, the services provided, and your insurance plan. Some Pediatric Care services may be covered through public or private insurance programs. The Hope Hospice team can help you understand eligibility, benefits, and potential coverage.

Absolutely. Families are essential partners in a child’s care. Hope Hospice works closely with parents, caregivers, and children when appropriate to develop care that reflects your family’s goals, values, priorities, and wishes.

A child’s serious illness can affect everyone in the family. Hope Hospice provides education, emotional support, resources, and compassionate guidance to help parents, caregivers, and siblings navigate challenges together and feel supported throughout the care journey.

Children have medical, developmental, emotional, and social needs that are different from those of adults. Pediatric Care considers the whole child and family, with support tailored to a child’s age and development while prioritizing comfort, quality of life, and meaningful time together.

Get in touch with By the Bay Health to learn more about pediatric care.

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