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Parenting > Adulthood
Housing Options for Adults with Disabilities: From Supported Living to Independence
You're looking at your adult child and asking...live with us or move to a group home. The problem is everything in...living arrangements, family care homes, and independent living...management, meal preparation, personal care, and daily structure. The provider...provider owns or leases the home, so residents don't hold the...
Health > Treatment
Getting Your Child to Take Medicine: Evidence-Based Strategies That Actually Work
...medication errors in pediatric care occur at home, often because...errors in pediatric care occur at home, often because doses are...errors in pediatric care occur at home, often because doses are missed,...you're managing a gap in their care, not just a difficult moment....behavioral shaping approach developed at Nationwide Children's Hospital...
Global Insights > Healthcare
Medicaid for Working Families: Katie Beckett Waivers, Dual Coverage, and Options You Didn't Know Existed
...can't afford the care your child needs....special health care needs, according...hospital-level care but could be treated...could be treated at home. In 1981,...be treated at home. In 1981, the Reagan...receive coverage at home, regardless...receive coverage at home, regardless of...institutional care without home-based...institutional care without home-based support,...
Financial > Government Benefits
Medicaid Waiver Waiting Lists: How to Access Services While You Wait (and How to Jump the Line)
...for a Medicaid Home and Community-Based...fund personal care, respite, supported...rely on aging caregivers working past...disabilities to live at home or in the...disabilities to live at home or in the community...include: Personal care assistance (bathing,...toileting) Respite care for family caregivers...care for family caregivers Supported...Adult day programs Home modifications and...
Special Needs > General Special Needs
Supporting Your Other Children: A Family Guide When One Child Has Special Needs
...brother's disability at school because kids...she'll have to take care of her sister when you...child with significant care needs, and it signals...about a future where caregiving becomes their...something to manage at home. But sibling support...something to manage at home. But sibling support...resources. Both are true at the same time, and neither...
Special Needs > Epilepsy
Seizure First Aid: A Step-by-Step Guide for Families and Caregivers
...a student slump forward at her desk. The girl's eyes...doesn't say. Non-parent caregivers are often expected...counselor, or family member who cares for a child with epilepsy,...parents managing seizures at home, see our complete guide...parents managing seizures at home, see our complete guide...movements like picking at...
Social Engagement > Friends and Family
How to Help Your Child with Special Needs Build and Keep Friendships
Your child comes home from school and doesn't...other kids pair off at the park while yours...while yours hovers at the edge, uncertain...identifying what your child cares about, choosing the...practicing scenarios at home, and doing the...practicing scenarios at home, and doing the follow-up...here because you both care about this thing. Ask...
Medical > Orthopedics
Contractures in Children with Cerebral Palsy: Recognition, Prevention, and When to Escalate Care
...than they did six weeks ago. You've been doing the home stretching program the PT prescribed. You're doing...the escalation ladder most families will navigate: home stretching, physical therapy, serial casting, botulinum...signal when it's time to move up. Waiting too long at any tier can mean losing range of motion that could...
Medical > Pediatrics
When Your Pediatrician Isn't Enough: Building a Medical Home for Complex Needs
...it's where care breaks down....medical home solves it...primary care, but true...medical home is, how...Medical Home Does. The...medical home as care...home as care that's accessible,...child's entire care plan. A...medical home doesn't...medical home provider...medical home provider...complexity, care coordination...who need care from three...technology at home, or...technology at home, or...
Medical > Gastroenterology
Tube Feeding at Home: A Parent's Guide to Preventing and Managing G-Tube Complications
...well you're managing care at home. It's the...you're managing care at home. It's the reality...managing care at home. It's the reality...ones you can handle at home, which ones...you can handle at home, which ones need...immediate emergency care. The Most Common...what you're looking at, what causes it,...handle a large volume at once. Positioning...
Lifestyle > Self-Care
How to Find and Access Respite Care: A Complete Guide for Special Needs Families
...need respite care. The hard part...know: respite care is not a luxury....What Respite Care Is. Respite...Is. Respite care is temporary...for primary caregivers. Someone...who isn't in caregiving mode...forms: In-home respite means...respite happens at a community...program, group home, or specialized...specialized care facility. Your...short-notice care when something...everything breaks at once. It's...
Lifestyle > Independence
Assistive Technology That Helps: Tools for Daily Living Independence
...work for you. How to Think About Assistive Technology. Assistive technology (AT) is anything that helps a person do something they couldn't do independently...lights and locks, tablet-based meal planning apps with visual schedules, smart home setups controlled by voice or switch. Start low-tech unless the skill gap...