Caring for Children with Complex Needs in Community Settings

A valuable overview of the key factors relating to caring for children with complex and continuing care needs.

Despite its frequent and increasing use, complex care needs is a term without an agreed definition. This shortfall of knowledge is addressed in this book through critical discussion of evidence-based research and current health, social and education policy. It brings together the latest knowledge into one text providing practitioners with the crucial information needed when working with this diverse and broad group of children.

• Explores caring for technology-dependent children who require respiratory assistance; caring fo children who require home enteral tube feeds; and caring for children with complex disabilities
• Looks at multi-agency care, respite care for families, social service support and educational support of children with complex needs
• Includes contributions from practitioners from health, social services and education backgrounds, who usecase studies, while a parent of a child with complex needs has provided a personal view of caring
• Provides core knowledge and vital insight required for successful delivery of community care for children with complex and continuing care needs

Platform:

OvidSP

Publisher:

Wiley

Product Type:

Book

Author:

Teare, Jean

ISBN:

978-1-40-515177-1

Specialty:

• Pediatric Nursing

Language:

English

Edition:

1st

Pages:

208

Publication Year:

2008