Expanding Care with Compassion: Tender Care PPEC Reaches More Families in Dunnellon!

Tender Care provides skilled nursing services in a daycare-like environment.

Dunnellon Florida Areas we Serve:

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Expanding Care with Compassion: Tender Care PPEC Reaches More Families in Dunnellon!

At Tender Care PPEC, we believe that every child deserves access to specialized, compassionate pediatric care no matter where they live. That’s why our team goes above and beyond, reaching families within an hour’s drive of our center, located at 3107 W Dunnellon Rd, Dunnellon, FL 34433.

Whether you’re in a quiet residential neighborhood or a tucked-away country club community, we’re here to ensure your child gets the care they need.

Where We Serve — Going the Distance for Your Family

Our service area spans a wide region of beautiful Central Florida, including:

  • Rainbow Springs & Rainbow Springs Country Club

  • Rainbow Spring Forest & Rainbow Springs Wood

  • Rippling Waters

  • Juliette Falls

  • Indian Cove Farms

  • Bel Lago South Hamlet

  • Vogt Springs

  • Blue Cove

  • Dunnellon Oaks & Dunnellon Heights

  • Citrus Springs

  • Pine Ridge

  • Marion Oaks

  • Homosassa Springs

  • Crystal River

  • Inverness

If you live in or near one of these areas, you’re within reach of our skilled medical team, therapists, and staff who specialize in pediatric prescribed extended care. Even if you’re not sure whether your location falls within our range, give us a call! We’re happy to check.

Why Families Choose Tender Care PPEC

We are more than just a center, we are a partner in your child’s care. Families trust us because we provide:

  • Individualized nursing care tailored to each child’s medical needs

  • On-site therapies including physical, occupational, and speech therapy

  • A warm, nurturing environment designed to support children both medically and developmentally

  • Transportation solutions for families, making it easier than ever to get to us

We’re Committed to Making Care Accessible

We understand that traveling with a medically fragile child isn’t easy. That’s why we work hard to ensure our services are accessible to as many families as possible. Not just in Dunnellon, but across the wider community.

If you’re located within an hour of our center, there’s a good chance we can support your family. Let us help you explore options for transportation, enrollment, and care coordination.

Interested in learning more?
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Let Tender Care PPEC be the caring hand you can count on.

Tender Care provides care for medically complex and fragile children from birth to 21 years of age in a daycare-like environment staffed with nurses, CNAs, and therapists. We are the first independently owned PPEC in the State of Florida with our initial center opening in 1988. This means we have an abundance of experience and knowledge in providing loving care to this special pediatric population. We have 6 Tender Care PPEC centers throughout Florida, with our newest facility located in Lake Park.

Lake Park Location

Our goal is to enhance the development of each child through collaborative relationships between families, physicians, nurses, and therapists. This holistic approach to care is carried out in an environment that allows the child to engage in social interactions with their peers. This results in thriving children, well-positioned to achieve their greatest potential. We also offer transportation at no cost and provide nutritious meals throughout the day. 

What sets us apart is that we care for and treat every child like family. We have passion in our hearts for our children and a desire to see them succeed.

We are so excited to have a table at this fair and can’t wait to meet all the families that attend.

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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

*This is not medical advice, always consult with your child’s doctor before making any changes to their lifestyle. 

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