Pain and Palliative Care seeks to relieve pain for all children in our care. This is a interdisciplinary team who work closely together to provide coordinated, holistic and on going care for the child and family at the point of their needs.

Our team includes the child’s physician, family, specially trained physicians, nurses, social workers, child life specialists, chaplains, and volunteers. We all work together in the hospital or at home in an effort to relieve the suffering of the child and family.

There are many parts of our program. We take care of children with acute and chronic pain and those who have complex medical needs with an uncertain future.

Our Programs Include:

Inpatient Pain and Palliative Care Team
Our inpatient rounding team provides care to children with acute pain, chronic pain and palliative care needs

Pain Clinic
The outpatient pain clinic at Children's of Minnesota manages chronic and recurrent pain in close collaboration with pediatric specialties.

Home-based Karuna Palliative Care
Program staff work with a child’s physicians to provide pain and symptom management to children with potentially life limiting conditions and their families.

Home-based Hospice Care
Our hospice program is the only licensed hospice in the state of Minnesota that focuses solely on children.

Deeya - Perinatal Hospice Program
Medical, emotional, and spiritual support to families anticipating that life-threatening conditions exist for their unborn child.

Education and Outreach – Children’s Institute for Pain and Palliative Care
Our Institute provides training, continuing education, resources, consultation, and technical assistance to health care providers.