Totally Kids® is dedicated to enriching the health and quality of life of children who have special medical or therapy needs and who are often dependent on technology for their very survival.
TK Goals
- Help each child grow and develop with attention to appropriate child development milestones.
- Provide visionary medical and nursing care.
- Emphasize a true interdisciplinary team approach to care.
- Support the family as a critical component of care to the child.
- Provide for appropriate in-house education in a medically safe environment.
Your Child is Number One!
Our professional team is constantly collaborating to see that care is always focused on your child 24 hours a day. The TK team consists of Registered Nurses, Licensed Vocational Nurses, Certified Nursing Assistants, Respiratory Therapists, Rehabilitation Team Members, including Physical Therapists, Outpatient Therapists and Speech Therapists, Social Workers and RN Case Managers, Dietitians, Child Development Specialists and Aids and School Teachers.
All of us work together alongside our premier medical staff, consisting of Pediatricians, Pediatric Intensivists and Pulmonologists, and other Pediatric Specialists, to support our Residents and their families or guardians.
Developmental Care – A Whole Child Approach to Caregiving
Totally Kids® award-winning “Development Care” program supports children with nurturing caregivers that understand each child’s unique developmental needs. Our children have consistent caregivers. This includes licensed nurses, certified nursing assistants, and respiratory therapists. The dedicated staff is trained to meet each child’s distinctive needs and to provide opportunities for them to meet developmental milestones. The child development and therapy staff provide occupational, speech and physical therapy services along with play therapy in a developmentally appropriate environment. Play is a priority for children! We encourage children to explore their environment, interact with peers and participate in fun, educational and therapeutic activities.
Family involvement is emphasized and essential in the rehabilitation and care of each child.
Pediatric Subacute Services and Skilled Nursing Care
Totally Kids® offers respite and long-term care and rehabilitation programs for children and young adults, with ages ranging from newborn to 21.
Our staff consists of trained professionals ready to care for children who have experienced catastrophic illnesses or injuries resulting from:
- Congenital Birth Defects
- Neurologic Injuries
- Cardiac and Respiratory Illness
- Seizure Disorders
- Premature Birth Complications
Our Team specializes in technologies such as:
- Mechanical Ventilation
- GT/JT Dependence (Gastric Tube and Jejunostomy Tube)
- TPN (Total Parenteral Nutrition)
- Central Line Care
- Intravenous (IV) Therapy
- and more…
Care Components
- Tracheostomy with ventilator support
- Tracheostomy care
- Respiratory Treatments
- Continuous Intravenous therapy, central or peripheral line administration
- Enteral feedings (GTube, NGTube, JG Tube)
- Total Parenteral Nutrition
- Dependence on any other medical technology which requires services of an RN
- Pediatric Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy and Speech Therapy Services
- Ventilators in use include: Avea, Pulmonetics LTV-1200 and Revel
- Also see Rehabilitation and Respite Care Section
Our staff are specially educated and trained to care for medically-fragile and technology-dependent children from newborn to age 21. Our residents’ medical conditions include:
- Congenital Birth Defects
- Continuous Intravenous Therapy
- Gastrostomy Tube Dependency
- Head Injuries
- Specialty Medical Implants
- Post-op Organ Transplant Recovery
- Seizure Disorders
- TPN Therapy
- Tracheostomy Tube Dependency
- Premature Birth Complications
- Subacute Rehabilitation
- Ventilator Dependency
