While Pediatric Home Care Nurses are responsible for providing high-quality clinical home care to medically fragile children, they also help their patients’ families. Pediatric Home Health Care offers families emotional support, which positively impacts their lives.
Families with medically complex children face many challenges that can cause stress. In addition to the general worries of being a parent, caregivers of medically complex children must stay particularly vigilant about caring for their children’s health. Some parents may even take on the role of a nurse by administering medications and providing other services for which they’ve been trained. Evidence shows that parents of medically fragile children can feel socially isolated which can potentially impact family relationships.
Since Pediatric Home Health Care takes place inside the home, medically fragile children will spend less time in the hospital. This means that families will not have to make frequent trips to a hospital or facility and there will be more opportunities to spend quality time together.
Because Pediatric Home Care Nurses work in patient homes, they have more freedom to get to know patients and their families, thus creating long-lasting connections. Studies prove that Pediatric Home Health Care offers family stability and increases child survival. When Pediatric Home Care Nurses come into the picture, they can provide short- or long-term respite care, allowing parents and family members the time to relax, recharge, and take care of other responsibilities.
Nurses play an integral part in a family’s health care and support system, providing emotional support at a time when parents need it the most. A Pediatric Home Care Nurse will work with the family and provide skills and coping strategies on how to adjust to their situation.
At Thrive SPC, our nurses provide expert continuous 1:1 care in the home, monitoring children so parents and families can have peace of mind. We offer compassionate support and education for all family members of all children of all ages at all stages. Our family resources include the following:
At each location, our team of clinicians provides expert case management, assistance with prior authorization requirements, coordination with a child’s doctor and care team, 24/7 clinical support, and training, mentoring, and education. To learn more about our patient and family-focused services and our commitment to the highest levels of quality clinical excellence, visit https://www.thrivespc.com/.