Who is eligible?
Any patient (up to 18-years-old) whose home care will involve at least one of the following:
- premature infants born at less than 35/40 weeks,
- low birth weight infants discharge weight less than 2500g,
- feeding difficulties/poor weight gain,
- surgical interventions/dressings,
- oxygen therapy/tracheostomy care,
- nasogastric/jejunal/gastrostomy tube feeding,
- IV antibiotics/SC medications,
- seizure management,
- home monitoring (any type),
- bladder/bowel/ostomy care,
- need for special parent education or support, and
- babies/children with special medical needs.
Services offered
- provision of home care medical supplies.
- general Advice re community care issues.
- liaison with relevant community nursing/ medical support service providers.
- parental education and support home visits post-hospitalisation.
- overnight oximetry.
- carer education, assessment and monitoring of in-home/school carers.