Pediatric Nursing

for Mid Hudson Valley, Westchester, Rockland County and NYC

Sunshine Homecare provides specialized pediatric Homecare serving patients from infancy to late adolescence with acute and chronic medical conditions.

A child with special needs is one who requires some form of special pediatric care due to physical, mental, emotional, or health reasons. Sunshine recognizes that each child is unique and no single approach to caring for children with disabilities can be applied to all children, or even to those with the same disability. Sunshine understands families in need and provides guidance based on their specific requirements.

Children and young adults with special pediatric health care needs might have a serious or chronic disorder that triggers a physical, behavioral, or emotional condition or causes an intellectual or developmental disability. Some examples of such conditions are:

• Cerebral palsy
• Muscular dystrophy
• Asthma/Respiratory Disorders
• Sickle cell anemia
• Diabetes
• Heart conditions
• Depression
• Mental Retardation / Developmental Disability
• Autism
• Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
• Seizure Disorder
• Gastrointestinal disorders

Sunshine’s pediatric home care is formulated to allow the child to grow and thrive in the home environment while providing compassionate, personalized, and skilled services, including:

• Tracheostomy therapy and care
• Wound care
• Glucose monitoring / Diabetic Care
• Tube feeding
• Personal care (assist, bed bath, tub bath, shower, etc.)
• Medication administration and monitoring
• Assessment and Client Progress
• Case management
• Rehabilitation
• Nursing support