Hospice Is Not a Place, but an Attitude

In addition to comprehensive hospice care and palliative care, a central concern of hospice work since its beginnings has been to promote social dialogue and discussion of the existential topics of illness, dying and death – also with children and young people. The text presents offers for kindergartens, schools and other children’s and youth institutions, the aim of which is to admit and share uncertainties in dealing with these topics. The projects described not only serve to impart knowledge and provide orientation, they also open up a variety of spaces for emotional, mental and expressive forms of dealing, which can be helpful and instructive for all involved when confronting farewell, loss and illness.