Are you looking for a Palm Beach Gardens PPEC Center to care for your child with Special Medical Needs?

Tender Care PPEC near Palm Beach Gardens offers exceptional, compassionate care for medically fragile and complex children. Though our center is located in Lake Park, we’re conveniently accessible from Palm Beach Gardens and proudly offer free transportation within a one-hour radius. Our experienced team of nurses, CNAs, and therapists is dedicated to providing personalized, high-quality care for children with a wide range of medical needs. We create a safe, nurturing environment—similar to a daycare—where your child can feel secure, supported, and at ease.

At Tender Care, our mission is to promote each child’s growth and development through individualized care tailored to their unique needs. By working closely with families, physicians, and healthcare professionals, we aim to make a lasting, positive impact on your child’s health and quality of life.

Contact us today to schedule a tour—we would love to meet you and your family!

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 Lake Park / Palm Beach Gardens PPEC Center 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