Special offers

Losing your child is one of the most difficult situations a family can face. The road back to everyday life is often long, and the grief remains. The death of a child also deeply affects their siblings and the whole family. Many affected families find comfort in connecting with people who have experienced a similar loss.

Under the following, link you will find information and offers in the following areas:

• Grief counselling
• Grief counselling for siblings of deceased children and for grieving children or adolescents
• Self-help groups run by and for parents
• Bereaved parents support for stillborn and infant loss

So-called respite services can offer families with seriously ill children support and relief in a variety of ways. They can be used in addition to hospice and palliative care services. Respite services cover a range of different offers. These range from mobile children's nursing services, which are indispensable in everyday life, to leisure activities involving animals, vacations or recreation and bereavement services.

You can find further information on the mobile pediatric nursing services available in the individual federal provinces and offers for longer stays under the following link
 

The Kinderhospiz Netz is a facility where children, teenagers and young adults with life-limiting illnesses can regularly spend time in a welcoming atmosphere. The children are professionally cared for by experienced carers and trained volunteers or interns and receive therapy if required. There is currently only one facility offering this service in Austria, which is located in Vienna.

You can find more information about this offer here: