March of Dimes provides weekly family support for the families of patients in the Regional Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (RNICU) and UAB's Continuing Care Nursery (CCN). This support consists of weekly "Parent Hours". At parent hour, a professional is invited to educate the parents/family members on aspects of the neonate's care. These professionals range from a speech pathologist, who speaks on feedings, to a librarian who speaks on searching for valid information on their infant's healthcare. Each week, scrap booking is also held for the parents. These 2-3 hour sessions are a time for moms and dads to swap stories while creating scrapbooks of their baby's time in NICU. March of Dimes also holds holiday parties, such as a Father's Day ice cream sundae party and a Forth of July Popcycles and Fireworks party.
It is my hope to be able to post pictures of some of these events at some point if I am able to get consent.
Emily,
ReplyDeleteI'm going to start calling you the "Kangaroo Care Whisperer".
I'm amazed at how many people don't know about KC. But then that is one of the purposes of your service learning project.
Keep up the good work!