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Caring for Children with Medical Complexity

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Content designed for those helping children with medical complexity thrive at home and in their community

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Build confidence in daily care and work better with your child's health care team to get the support your family needs.

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For Home Health Nurses and Aides

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Fundamentals

Discover helpful tips on daily care, giving medications safely, communicating with the child, and supporting their feelings and behavior.

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Durable Medical Equipment

Know how to safely use and care for medical equipment at home and what do in an emergency.

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Relationships

Build strong teamwork and communication skills to provide kind, respectful, and high-quality care at home.

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Care Milestones

Get ready for big changes in care, like leaving the hospital, starting school, or transitioning to adult care.

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Advocating for the Child

Explore ways to speak up for children with complex medical needs, and get the care and support they need.

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Speaking up for children is an important part of home care. As a home health care provider, you help make sure children with complex medical needs and their families get the care, support, and services they need. This guide will give you tools to speak up for families in health care, school, and the community. 

What you will learn:

✔ How to speak up for children’s rights in medical, school, and community settings
✔ Ways to help families find and get the services they need
✔ Simple tools to help children share how they feel and what they need
✔ How to guide families to helpful people like Pediatric Coaches and Family Facilitators when more support is needed

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Children and Families Complex Needs Planning

The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services serves children, youth, and young adults through programs that support the whole family.

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Pediatric Complex Care Resource Centers (PCCRC)

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