When a child is recovering from an injury or illness, they will feel better when they are in the comfort of their home with their loved ones. Children who require medical care due to a medical condition can also benefit from in-home Children’S Health Care in Jacksonville FL. Parents that care for their child’s extensive healthcare needs can take a break and feel rest-assured that their child is in the capable hands of highly trained medical personnel.
Registered and licensed practical nurses are available to provide all of the care that a child needs for tracheostomy care, tube feedings, monitor ventilators, manage seizures, and much more. The nurses will go beyond their normal duties to keep a child as comfortable as possible and provide the support and relief a parent needs.
Pediatric Services
An in-home agency can provide pediatric services for:
• Companionship
Ambulation
Transfers
Range of motion
Verbal cueing
Pediatric play
Occupational therapy
Speech therapy
Respiratory therapy
IV therapy
Hours Of Care
In-home care by skilled registered nurses can be provided in four, eight, or twelve-hour shifts. Nursing care is available 24-hours a day by skilled nurses who will meet a patient’s needs.
Safety Of Personnel
It is always frightening for a parent to have strangers enter their home that they do not know. A parent can feel confident that anyone who works in their home through an in-home Children’S Health Care in Jacksonville FL will be licensed, bonded, and insured. All of the personnel are employees of the agency and are not independent contractors.
The employees have to pass a ten-panel drug screening, skills and personality assessment, and five background checks. Families will also have the opportunity to interview the potential employees, and the patient will be matched to the staff’s skills. An agency’s goal is to provide staffing for 100% of the shifts that are needed.
Family First Homecare Jacksonville will provide a free in-home consultation to determine what services the patient and family needs. In addition to pediatric care, they can provide in-home geriatric care and medical care for any age patient that requires additional medical or personal care in the comfort of their home. For more information, please visit us website.
