Refer a Family to Crescent Cove
- Crescent Cove exists to serve a child or young adult from newborn up to age 21 years with a shortened life expectancy or who is not expected to live to adulthood due to a life-threatening, complex, chronic condition. The Standards of Practice for Pediatric Palliative Care (National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization [NHPOC], 2018) diagnostic categories determine eligibility:
- Life-threatening conditions for which curative treatment may be feasible but can fail, where access to palliative care services may be beneficial alongside attempts at life-prolonging treatment and/or if treatment fails.
- Conditions where early death is inevitable, where there may be long periods of intensive treatment aimed at prolonging life, allowing participation in normal activities, and maintaining quality of life (e.g. life-limiting conditions).
- Progressive conditions without curative treatment options, where treatment is exclusively palliative after diagnosis and may extend over many years.
- Irreversible but non-progressive conditions with complex healthcare needs leading to complications and the likelihood of premature death.
For anyone who wishes to refer a family to Crescent Cove, please complete our referral form online. If you are a parent/caregiver, you are also invited to fill out the release of information forms at the same time as the referral form.
