What is Monash Children's at Home?
Monash Children's at Home provides in-home and community based nursing services for infants or children with ongoing, complex medical needs.
Goals
- To facilitate safe and effective home-based care.
- To promote parental confidence and competence in caring for their child at home.
- To encourage continuity of care between the hospital and the community.
- Liaise with the Medical/Nursing/Allied Health staff caring for infants/children during their hospital admission.
- Liaise with community based health professionals such as GPs and Maternal and Child Health Nurses to ensure continuity of care following discharge from Monash Children's at Home.
- To compliment, rather than duplicate, existing nursing services.
- To shorten the length of hospitalised time, and enhance recovery time in a home environment.