Excited to have the opportunity to volunteer with RMHC.
Research indicates supporting the entire family during a child’s critical illness can improve resilience, reduce stress and enhance wellbeing for several crucial reasons:
✅ Emotional Well-Being: A child’s illness affects the entire family - parents, siblings, and extended family members experience stress, anxiety, and fear.
✅ Practical Assistance: Supporting the whole family enables the sharing of responsibilities to alleviate the daily burden of families managing critical illnesses.
✅ Financial Strain: Community resources, counselling, and financial aid can ease the burden of medical expenses.
✅ Sibling Support: Emotional support for siblings of critically ill children can ease related disruption and anxiety.
✅ Parental Health: Support for parents to assist in the maintenance of their own physical and mental health can assist in the provision of better care.
✅ Family Dynamics: Critical illnesses strain family relationships. Open communication, counselling, and support groups can help maintain healthy dynamics and ease the strain on family relationships.
✅ Child’s Recovery: Improved positive health outcomes have been linked to the provision of a supportive family environment.
While big brother Aidan is in the hospital, the Kam family have a warm, comforting place to stay close to him at RMHC Toronto.
"When I'm at the hospital, I'm so grateful to know my littlest ones are just a short walk away with their dad, and I don’t have a long drive home at night," says mom, Aimee. "And thanks to RMHC Toronto’s meal program. I know that my family is eating well, too, when I can’t be around to cook."
Your support is life-changing for families like the Kams. To find out more and make donation, visit https://lnkd.in/d9ujiFG4.
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