Home Care | Hospice & Palliative Care | Long Term Care | Maternal & Child Health | Private Duty
Every family wants the best for their baby. Every family has questions and worries. All families need support and information. Our Maternal & Child Health Program is designed to provide teaching, assessments and connection to resources to support the health and wellbeing of pregnant, and postpartum women, children and families.
We can help you find the answers to questions you might have:
- Is my baby eating enough?
- How do I know if breastfeeding is going well?
- What can I do to keep my baby healthy?
- Is my baby gaining weight?
- When should I call the doctor?
- What if I get postpartum depression?
- How will I know what to do when my baby is fussy?
- How can I help my older kids adjust to a new baby?
- How do I find childcare if I need it?
- Am I recovering from the birth the way I should?
Please see a summary of the program and services below that are offered by skilled registered nurses through the Maternal & Child Health Program:
Skilled Nursing Care
Nursing assessment and skilled nursing services provided at home for pregnant and postpartum mothers, newborns and pediatrics based on a physician or hospital referral and orders.
Pediatric High-Tech Nursing Care
Provides in-home nursing to children with complex medical needs and their families that require specialized skills or high technology medical support. The child must be younger than 21yrs old, have active Vermont Medicaid, and require continual assessment and intervention by a nurse.
For more information, visit: Pediatric High-Tech Nursing | Vermont Department of Health
Pediatric Palliative Care
Provides a layer of support for families and children living with serious life-limiting or life-threatening illnesses. The goal of the program is to ensure that goals of the family and child are the heart of the child’s care to include easing pain and other upsetting symptoms resulting from the condition or treatment. The child must be under 21yrs old and have active Vermont Medicaid.
For more information, visit: Palliative Care | Vermont Department of Health
Child Integrated Services (CIS)/Strong Families Vermont Nurse Home Visiting: Nursing for Prenatal and Postpartum Families
Nursing support that includes pregnancy and childbirth education and support, child growth and development education and assessments, helping families to design and maintain safe and healthy environments, identifying family’s strengths and needs, connecting families to community support and services as needed and promoting social connections and parenting supports. For more information, visit: Strong Families Vermont Home Visiting | Department for Children and Families
To learn more about any of the Maternal & Child Health Programs please contact Lyndsay Sykes, Maternal Child Health Nurse Supervisor at Caledonia Home Health & Hospice by email at, lyndsaysy@nchcvt.org, or by phone at 802.748.8116 x1172
