Overview of Home Care Services
The Division of Home Care Services at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center is greater Cincinnati's only full-service home health agency devoted exclusively to children. Our mission is to serve the health care needs of infants, children and adolescents in the home.
We bring together, in one easy-access source, a complete range of specialized services for infants, children, adolescents and young adults. In the comforting environment of their own home, we care for children with long-term illnesses as well as those recovering from hospitalization and for newborns.
Home Health Services
The Division of Home Care Services from Cincinnati Children's provides a wide array of services for our patients in the comfort of their own home. There are six areas within the Division of Home Care:
Some of the specific services provided include:
- Skilled pediatric and and neonatal nursing care of acute and long-term health-care needs
- Patient assessment and education
- Newborn phototherapy
- Asthma, diabetes and other condition-specific management
- Psychiatric nursing support
- Medical equipment support
- Pharmaceutical support
- Rehabilitative therapy. Rehabilitative services are important, as they foster independence and enhance daily living skills, including communication. Rehabilitation at home can help smooth a child's recovery from injury or surgery. Our specialists can also help a child adapt to congenital anomalies or developmental disabilities. Rehabilitative services offered by Home Health Care include occupational therapy, physical therapy and speech and language therapy.
