Health: Patient Experience

The Pediatric Home TPN Service is a family-centered, child-focused and trans-disciplinary service that was introduced at HMC to facilitate the discharge of children who rely on Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN) due to intestinal failure. The service provides training to care givers to do the TPN connection and care at home. This provides a better quality of life for parents and children, enabling them to get back into a normal family environment and reducing the amount of times they need to visit the hospital. 

Rising Star

Award of Merit

The primary goal of this program was to empower parents in their new role by providing relevant information and coping strategies, as dealing with a premature child can be a very emotional experience.  Through this program, the team was able to enrich the infant-parent interaction and empower parents to be viable partners in promoting growth of their NICU infant.