Pediatric Palliative Care
What Is Pediatric Palliative Care?
Comfort and Support for Families Facing Serious Illnesses
Palliative care brings compassionate support for infants, children, and adolescents dealing with serious, life-limiting conditions with a focus on enhancing quality of life. Our care team works closely with families to provide relief from pain, manage symptoms, and support emotional, social, and spiritual well-being — all within the comfort and familiarity of home.
Highly Specialized Care Professionals
Caring, Experienced Pediatric Palliative Team
Our team of highly specialized pediatric palliative care professionals offers exceptional, compassionate support for your child. We work closely with families to ensure comfort, relief, and peace of mind, providing the highest level of care throughout every stage of the journey.
Individualized Palliative Support:
- Disease monitoring: We monitor disease progression and collaborate with physicians to tailor a care plan that prioritizes comfort and emotional health.
- Symptom management: As conditions progress, our healthcare professionals work to manage new and changing symptoms, helping to relieve pain and stress.
Compassionate Pediatric Palliative Care Services
Comprehensive Support for Children with Serious Illnesses
Pediatric palliative care focuses on providing comfort and relief for children facing serious, life-limiting conditions. Our personalized care plans ensure support in managing pain, relieving symptoms, and addressing emotional and spiritual needs.
Pediatric Palliative Care Services:
- Pain management
- Medication assistance
- Physical therapy
- Movement and repositioning
- Emotional and mental health support
- Hygiene and toileting assistance
- Grief support
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FAQ
Pediatric Home Care
Staff availability depends on location and the specific care needs of the client. If a client already has a team of nurses, COFK offers a streamlined online onboarding process for a smooth transition. For those new to skilled home care or without a nursing team, our dedicated recruiters work diligently to hire qualified nurses tailored to your specific needs. COFK collaborates closely with families and nurses to ensure a safe and timely admission to our services.
COFK’s experienced Client Success Associates will review your insurance benefits to determine if your health plan covers the requested care and is one of COFK’s contracted Health Plans. While COFK is not a Medicare provider, many of our services may be covered under various health plans if they are physician-ordered and meet the plan’s criteria. For medically fragile pediatric clients with a Medicaid Health Plan, COFK will work to obtain authorization for in-home care if the health plan is one of our contracted providers. If the care is physician-ordered and approved by the health plan, the health plan will cover the services.
If a nurse calls out or is unable to cover a shift, every effort is made to secure a qualified replacement. COFK utilizes advanced technology to support our dedicated Client Service Associates in promptly reaching out to all available, appropriately skilled nurses to ensure coverage for open shifts.
While COFK specializes in pediatric home care for medically fragile children, we also provide experienced nursing and aide services for adults.
COFK can provide a skilled nurse to accompany an approved client to school via public or school transportation. However, most health plans do not permit nurses or aides to drive clients. For privately paying clients, transportation may be arranged with proper authorization and completion of the required company paperwork. Please contact us to verify transportation service availability.
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