The Butterfly Program, a partnership between Porter Hospice of Centura Health at Home and Children's Hospital Colorado provides pediatric palliative care to children and their families who are a facing a serious illness.
Children and their families enrolled in The Butterfly Program are able to access supportive services including nursing, social work, chaplaincy, and expressive therapy while receiving curative and therapeutic medical interventions aligned with their goals of care. The focus of the program is solely on the quality of life for the child, and their families. Members of the program’s interdisciplinary team work with the child and their family to identify specific goals in physical, psychiatric/psychological, social, spiritual, cultural, ethical and legal aspects of care.
