TY - BOOK ED - Irish Hospice Foundation and Children's Sunshine Home TI - Respite Services for Children with Life-Limiting Conditions and their Families SN - R37 U1 - WB 310 Irish Hospice Foundation Reports PY - 2011/// CY - Dublin PB - Irish Hospice Foundation KW - Children KW - Needs Assessment KW - Life limiting Conditions KW - Paediatric Palliative Care KW - Ireland KW - Respite Care KW - HSE KW - Life Limiting Illness KW - Palliative Care KW - Reports Section N1 - This needs assessment was completed to assist with the implementation of the governmental policy 'Palliative care for children with life limiting conditions - a national policy (Department of Health & Children, 2010) and its recommendation that a comprehensive children's palliative care service needs to operate within a cooperative model, with close liaison between all stakeholders and relevant service providers. This report represents a first step in identifying respite needs for the 1400 children and their families coping with a life-limiting condition in Ireland ER -