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Family Support for Fragile Beginnings

Project NICU

NICU Helping Hands’ Project NICU is a hospital based program that expands the support services and level of education provided to parents and other family members who are affected by the hospitalization of a newborn in the NICU.

 

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Project NICU provides customized family support components which include:

  • Parent Support: Addresses emotional needs of all families with babies in the NICU through peer support groups and one-on-one support
  • Parent Education: Assists parents in becoming informed participants in their child’s care while in the NICU through education and resource materials
  • Sibling Support: Provides brothers and sisters of NICU babies educational opportunities and emotional support through age appropriate activities
  • From Hospital to Home: Helps NICU families prepare for their baby’s homecoming by organizing information discussions related to discharge
  • Memory Archiving: Assists NICU families in documenting their experience by providing opportunities for photography, scrapbooking, and online archiving
  • Bereavement: Supports NICU families who experience the loss of their newborn by providing angel gowns, arranging photography services, and assisting with other necessary arrangements
  • Antepartum Support: Supports women who are hospitalized due to a high-risk pregnancy by providing movies, books, magazines and art activities at the bedside
  • Transport Support: Supports NICU families who experience the transfer of their newborn to a different hospital

For more information regarding Project NICU and how your hospital can provide this program to families in your hospital please contact us.

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