Maternal/Child Health

Pediatric

Visiting Nurse Home & Hospice provides home care to infants and children who have had surgery, an injury, or an illness. Included in the services are:

• Wound care
• Cast care
• Asthma care
• Care for new diabetics
• Care for seizure disorders
• Medication administration
• Physical, occupational, or speech therapies
• Instruction in use of home medical equipment
• Care for premature infants from Special Care Nurseries and Neonatal Intensive Care Units.
• Linkages to community resources.

Maternal Home Care and Early Maternity Discharge

Visiting Nurse Home & Hospice offers home care for women with early maternity discharge and postpartum complications.

• Breast feeding instruction and support
• Wound care
• Postpartum care and monitoring for complications
• Nutritional support
• Assessment for maternal depression