Dedicated to Helping Families Feel Whole
AdventHealth for Children's Family Resource Center is dedicated to helping families throughout their hospital experience.
Located on the sixth floor of the Walt Disney Pavilion and staffed daily, our Family Resource Center offers:
- Complimentary refreshments
- Computer workstations (including printers and scanners)
- Educational materials
- Complementary lunches on Tuesdays and Thursdays
- Shower facilities
Complimentary refreshments are courtesy of Ronald McDonald House and include:
- McDonald’s Coffee
- Cereals
- Granola bars
- Fruit snacks
- Sodas
- Bottled water
- Snack packs
Check out our Caring by Sharing Closet:
- Activity kits for kids
- Grocery items
- Clothing
- Feminine hygiene products
- Toiletry kits
Care and Support for the Whole Family
- Mentoring Program
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Finding comfort in talking with people who have been in your shoes.
Mentors talk with patients and families at AdventHealth for Children about what it’s like to go through treatment of an illness or disease and the daily life that follows. These conversations can bring understanding during difficult times and encourage and empower patients and families. Mentors receive training, regular reviews and supervision from licensed clinical social workers.
Why do we need this program?
- Peer support offers a real-life perspective, a view only an experienced patient or family member can provide.
- Receiving emotional support from peers can result in meaningful connections. Talking about general health experience also offers needed encouragement in difficult times.
For more information:
Jeffrey Cousins at Call407-303-5600 x112-2279 or jeff.cousins@adventhealth.com
Important note: While mentors offer an additional source of emotional support, it is not an appropriate source for important medical questions or concerns. Speak with your health care provider when you have questions or concerns about your specific health condition.
- Compassion Rounds
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Compassion Rounds provides Whole-Person Care to our patients and their families, mind-body-spirit. Throughout the process, we communicate with the patient and family utilizing a psycho-social, emotional and spiritual framework.
What are Compassion Rounds?
Compassion Rounds is a program led by a physician/chaplain team to provide patients and their families with emotional and spiritual care. By speaking with patients and families outside the scope of medicine, it empowers these individuals to find ways to cope and ultimately improve well-being.
Who attends Compassion Rounds?
The patient, family members, the attending physician, chaplain, social worker, nurse and/or family-centered care consultant may all participate in Compassion Rounds.
For more information:
Jeffrey Cousins at Call407-303-5600 x112-2279 or jeff.cousins@adventhealth.com
Resources for Families
Insurance and Benefits
Health insurance for children from birth through age 18
Apply through the Social Security Administration, for children under the age of 18
Diabetes
Educates parents and caregivers of children diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes on children’s rights, including how to deal with diabetes in school
American Diabetes Association
Carbohydrate Counting and Diabetes
A meal planning tool from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Resource for people with diabetes to manage food intake and keep blood glucose (sugar) within target range, from the Joslin Diabetes Center
Resource from Diabetes Care and Education and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
Nutrition
Pediatric nutrition advice by age, from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
Fruits and Veggies More Matters
Health initiative to increase fruit and vegetable consumption, and make it an easy choice
Resources
Vaccine and Immunization Schedule
As recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Free medication schedules, reminders and health tracker
Special services for children with special needs
Florida Health Women’s, Infants and Children program (WIC)
Federally funded nutrition program that provides healthy foods, nutrition education and counseling, breastfeeding support and referrals for health care at no cost
Florida Department of Children and Families ACCESS
Automated Community Connection to Economic Self Sufficiency (ACCESS): connect with your public assistance information
World’s largest information resource for pediatric congenital heart disease