Values
Quality:
We believe that all children deserve a medical home approach to quality health
care that is holistic and encompasses physical, behavioral, social/emotional and
educational well being. Families:
We value the wisdom and expertise of families and look to their experience and
guidance as we assist other families.
Partners:
We recognize the importance of connecting families and professionals with
resources in their own community, and strive to build working partnerships.
Physicians:
We believe that physicians, through the use of medical home approaches, can
maximize their knowledge and skills to provide the patients, families and
communities with support and success to improve lives of children.
Education:
We value the idealism and promise in our future professionals. We provide
opportunities for awareness and involvement in community based projects and
services through statewide, domestic, and international educational experience.
Community:
We create an environment of mutual trust, team spirit, and respect in an open,
honest, and transparent culture. We are accountable to each other and those
supporting us.
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“My child has special needs…
our family needs help finding help!”
 Families of children with special needs often don’t know what
to do. Where do you begin looking for services that you know
your child needs? Who do you call? Who will want to help you
get for your child exactly what he needs to live the best life
possible? It can be very overwhelming. All you want is exactly
what every other parent wants for their child; a life filled
with opportunities for him to take and learn from that will
enable him to reach his full potential. How do you help him
overcome these hurtles that life has presented him with and
manage the realities?
Medical Home Plus is a new organization that has been formed
to help bring these services together; to maximize the
financial resources, personnel power, and resources available
for programs and services by
teaming up with other programs to share infrastructure,
expenses, and expertise. This frees up more money and time to
assist more children and families across the state.
Do you have a child with special health
care needs?
Medical Home Plus provides information, advice, support and guidance specifically designed for professionals and parents of children and adolescents with special health care needs. Youth may include those with chronic illnesses such as asthma or diabetes, attention deficit disorder/attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity, or more complex needs as with a child with severe-profound mental retardation, one who is medically fragile with multiple health/educational needs, or any number of special needs. This is done through:
RESOURCE REFERRALS – to obtain information on who/how to contact for access to specific services. For example, providing a family member with the contact information, or making a referral to a provider on behalf of a family (with their permission).
SERVICE COORDINATION – provides a more comprehensive and complex form of support. For example, Medical Home Plus provides direct assistance in obtaining available services. It helps families by developing advocacy strategies, providing intensive support to families while they assess the services available to them, or assistance in the development of an individualized education plan (IEP) or care plan. They may need someone to accompany them to an IEP meeting. Care planning is a process that provides specific medical information, emergency and action plans. The entire team caring for a child or adolescent – parents, caregivers, health care professionals, educators – can benefit from having a comprehensive and individualized plan of care to provide clear-cut information regarding the
child's medical information, potential emergency care needs and ongoing action needed to provide continuity of care.
Medical Home Plus is committed to providing these services to children with
special health care needs, to ensuring access to available services; decreasing fragmentation of services and access to resources, and improving current delivery systems, thereby improving the lives of those with special health care needs and their families.
The vast majority of professionals and community members involved in the work of Medical Home Plus are themselves parents of special needs children. They are intensely committed to work of Medical Home Plus.
Need help? Call Today!
(804) 330-5030 Richmond Area
(877) 264-8366 Toll Free
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Testimonials
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"I moved here several weeks ago with my 15 year old daughter, who has
brain damage, Cystic Fibrosis, and is confined to a wheel chair. Our daughter's
teacher referred us to Richmond Pediatric Associates. After our initial
appointment we were directed to Medical Home Plus where we found resources in
this community to help us through the system. Resources were shared with is that
I didn't realize were available for my daughter. This was the first time in
fifteen years I didn't struggle to find information to help my daughter."
A single mom
"When our daughter was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy we had no idea where to
turn. Luckily we found help through Medical Home Plus. You helped us so much by
listening to our concerns, letting us vent our frustrations, giving us your
sincere advice, and most importantly, you taught us invaluable techniques on how
to help ourselves help our daughter more effectively."
Jim and Angela
Parents
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Links
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www.aap.org
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www.familyvoices.org
• www.positivevibecafe.com
• www.peatc.org |
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