We are dedicated to quality service for the medically fragile child. We service our patients based on each child’s specific needs to develop their potential through clinical education and technical support. We believe it takes more than health care to take care of the child; it takes care from the heart, and that means having the experience of working with children, with families, and with the health care system to anticipate and help with the expected and the unexpected.

We are partners in caring for the child and over the years, we have developed an excellent professional rapport with physicians as well as with the case management teams in the private and public sector. We are committed to providing outstanding care for children in combination and coordination with other primary care and specialty care providers.

Nursing Services
Avenue HomeCare employs only full-time Registered Nurses (RNs) and Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) experienced in performing care according to the patients’ needs and doctors’ orders. We take great pride in Whether it is 24 hours a day, 7 days a week; intermittent days or evenings; or hourly blocks to provide respite from the constancy of care, we can help.

Nursing Care Includes:

• Respiratory Care: Oxygen, Nebulizer Treatments, Ventilator, Tracheotomy Care
• Special Monitoring: Apnea, Oximetry, Cardiac Monitors
• Special Feeding Needs: Gastrostomy, Nasal Gastric, Central Line Therapies

Mother/Baby Home Visits
Don’t we all wish that babies arrived with instructions? Unfortunately, they do not, but Avenue HomeCare’s specialized pediatric nurses do! All care and instruction is delivered in the familiar surroundings of your home.

Mother/Baby Home Visits include:

• Assessment and care of you and your baby
• Ways to care for, feed and bathe your baby
• Advice to help siblings and pets adjust to a new baby
• Instructions on child-proofing your home
• Breast feeding support
• Skilled care for premature babies and newborns with breathing problems, jaundice, feeding difficulties or infections
• Emotional support for you and your family

Respite Care

Respite care is also available to allow caregivers time away while remaining confident that their child is being safely cared for by trained, compassionate pediatric professionals.