Pediatric Care Frequent Questions

A: NEHHC has expertise in caring for children with a wide variety of needs. Services can range from parental support a few hours a week to daily, round-the-clock care. A supervising RN begins by working with parents and other designated treatment team members to create a written plan of care for your child. In most cases, NEHHC's role is to provide your child with routine care for daily living. These include:

• Tube Feedings
• Ventilator Care
• Catheter maintenance and care
• Ostomy care
• Assistance in bathing and dressing
• Meal preparation
• Medication administration and monitoring
• Laundry and housekeeping
• Transportation to medical appointments
• Companionship and emotional support
• Informal education and support of family members

If specialized training is needed for our caregivers in order to care for your child, NEHHC will help arrange for that training.

A: Caring for children is a sacred assignment. As with every child, there is a window of opportunity during childhood when the mind and body is wired for growth and progress. At NEHHC, we understand that sense of urgency, and will do everything we can to help your child learn to be as self-sufficient as possible. While helping clients learn and practice self-care is a goal for clients of all ages, it is a central concern with children.

However, no one will be a better advocate for your child than you. Both when creating your child's care plan and as new issues and knowledge becomes available, we encourage you to communicate with your caregiver and supervising RN so that we can continue to provide the best level of in home care possible for your child.

A: If a trust is not set up properly, yes, it can. However, under a properly created Special Needs Trust (SNT), NEHHC or other in home services can be covered without jeopardizing other forms of public assistance. It's important to consult a Maine attorney knowledgeable in such trusts. While we are not attorneys, New England Home Health Care works cooperatively with many trustees and trust attorneys to provide the level of care and documentation required by a given SNT.

A: Private pay means that the cost of NEHHC services is paid by the client, his or her family, through a trust fund, or through private insurance, such as long term disability insurance.

We do accept some MaineCare clients each year. Please call our Bangor headquarters for current openings.