Children and Complex Care Services
The Children and Complex Care Services team specialises in providing supports to children with low to high care needs as well as supporting complex care requirements with children (ranging from 0-18 years old.)
The Children and Complex Care Services team specialises in providing supports to children with low to high care needs as well as supporting complex care requirements with children (ranging from 0-18 years old.)
- Seizure management
- Epilepsy
- Personal care (Nappy changes, bathing, baby and young children care such as toileting needs)
- Daily activities
- Incontinence
- Airway management
- Manual handling
- Suctioning
- Tube feeding (Trache tube, oral, nasal, PEG, PEJ, nasogastric)
- Basic life support
- Respiratory assessment and management
- Total parental nutrition (TPN)
- Repositioning
- Tracheostomy tube care
- Oximetry monitoring
- Oxygen
- Mechanical ventilation (BIPAP, CPAP, LTV)
- Cough assist
- Chest physio
- Skin care (Bleach baths, skin lotions for those with rare skin conditions)
- Maintaining and managing children who are palliative
- More low care community access such as after school activities and accessing the community such as movies, parks, play centres, sporting groups, travel training etc
We specialise in services for children with the following diagnoses:
(although this list is non-exhaustive)
- Behaviours of concern
- Intellectual disabilities
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy
- Global developmental delays
- Cortical Vision impairment
- Cerebral Palsy
- Chromosomal abnormalities
- Aicardi syndrome
- Intractable infantile spasms
- Genetic conditions
- Dysmorphic features
- Central Hypotonia
- Rett’s Syndrome
- Quadriplegia
- Coffin Siris syndrome
- Skin conditions that may require intense bathing and skin care procedures
