Are you looking for a New Port Richey PPEC center to care for your child with Special Medical Needs?

Tender Care PPEC in Spring Hill is the ideal place to care for your medically fragile or complex child. Although we are located in Spring Hill, we are just a short 30-minute drive from New Port Richey, and we offer free transportation to and from our facility up to an hour away. Our team of highly trained nurses, CNAs, and therapists is dedicated to providing expert care for children with a variety of special medical needs. At Tender Care, we create a safe, nurturing, daycare-like environment where your child can feel comfortable, cared for, and at home.

Our mission at Tender Care is to support the development of every child, focusing on their unique needs in all areas of growth. Through close collaboration with families, physicians, nurses, and therapists, we strive to make a positive difference in your child’s life and well-being.

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What is PPEC?

PPEC stands for Prescribed Pediatric Extended Care. A PPEC center is a licensed, non-residential, day treatment program prescribed by a physician for medically complex and technologically dependent children. Care is provided by a team of skilled pediatric professionals.

Our Spring Hill / New Port Richey PPEC Offers Many Advantages…

To the child/family:

• Centrally located nursing and therapy decreases intrusions into family dynamics at home
• Increased socialization with other children
• Decreased hospitalization
• Personalized case management ensuring the best care for your child
• Offers caregivers increased potential to return to work or school
• Early detection of potential health problems by licensed professionals

To the payer:

• Decreased hospitalizations through early detection and case management
• Increased compliance with plan of care resulting in less utilization of health care benefits
• An average savings of 40% to 50% compared to Home Health services

Common pediatric diagnoses that indicate a potential need for daily skilled nursing services:

• Premature infants diagnosed with bronchopulmonary dysplasia, apnea of prematurity, oxygen and pulse oximetry dependence
• Cerebral palsy with gastrostomy or jejunostomy dependence and/or seizures
• Spina bifida with or without an Arnold Chiari malformation and shunt monitoring, and urinary catheterization dependence
• Certain cardiac anomalies
• Post-transplant status
• Immunosuppressed status
• Tracheostomy status (with or without ventilator dependence)
• Failure to thrive
• Chronic Kidney Disease
• History of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy
• Adrenal Insufficiency
• Presence of a colostomy, ileostomy, urostomy, or vesicostomy