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Children and young people in your family?
When someone in the family is sick and children and young people are affected they need to understand what is happening. You may be a patient, a relative or the parent of a sick child with siblings.
At the hospital we are here to ensure that children and young people in your family are well looked after. The information we can give is particularly important for mental illness, drug addiction or serious forms of physical illness or injury, but may also be relevant for other conditions.
What do we do in the hospital?
We always ask our patients if they have children, young adults or siblings. We do this by asking the patient or the accompanying person (e.g. companion or parent).
When there are children and young people in the family, we would like to get to know them and find out how they are feeling. We do this by asking:
- What are children’s names, how old are they and where do they live?
- Who has daily care for the children and where are they when the patient receives treatment?
- What do the children know about the treatment or admission?
The children may need information or follow-up, if so it is common to talk more about:
- How the children are feeling.
- What the children may need to know more about.
- How their daily life has changed as a result of the illness.
- Who can be resource persons for the children: within the family, in the neighbourhood or at school.
- What the children need.
What can the hospital offer you and your family?
At the hospital we can support you and your family in different ways:
- Talk with you about your children: How the children are feeling and what they need, what are common reactions, how you can talk together about what is happening and what you can be aware of. Another topic may be how it is to be a parent when illness befalls a family.
- Have conversations with the family or the children alone: What your children know, how their everyday life has changed, if they have all the information they need, how to handle the situation you are in and what will happen in the future.
- Facilitate when children and young people visit the hospital.
- Give information on useful places to find knowledge, help and support.
- Cooperate and contact with other services (e.g. the school nurse, school, kindergarten or others).
Tips and advice for families
Children and young people usually want to talk about what is happening with someone they know and with whom they feel safe. Most of them also want to participate in decisions that affect them, whether they are about activities, planning everyday life or choosing the type of follow-up. This means that you as the family are often closest to them for finding out how they are feeling and contributing to what they need.
Below you will find some advice on what can be a good idea to do before, during and after treatment. You can also adapt the advice in ways that work for you and your family. Do what is best for you.