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Care of Technology-Dependent Children in the Home

2008; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Volume: 27; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1097/01.nhh.0000343784.88852.94

1539-0713

Deborah S. Boroughs, Joan Dougherty,

Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units

Home care for infants and children requiring life-sustaining technological interventions has been a common alternative to long-term hospitalization since the early 1980s. This has created a need for a sufficient pool of competent home health clinicians capable of providing highly skilled care in the home and of supporting family caregivers. The Pennsylvania Ventilator-Assisted Children's Home Program (VACHP) has developed and successfully implemented a 32-hour training program that has equipped more than 300 clinicians with the knowledge and skill level necessary to provide competent care for these children.