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Support
Services
Social
Work Services
The social
worker for the Women's & Children's Center helps patients and
their families during their stay on the Family Birthing Center,
the Pediatric Unit, the Neonatal Intensive Care Nursery, and on
an outpatient basis in the Specialty Clinics. The social worker
is a member of your health care team and can help in many ways,
such as patient/family concerns, assisting with financial concerns
or lodging, locating community services, communication, and planning
for discharge to another facility or home.
Resolve
Through Sharing Bereavement Program
This bereavement
program is for parents who have lost a baby through miscarriage,
ectopic pregnancy, stillbirth, or neonatal death. A monthly newsletter
is available to parents as well as counselor services, and community
events. For information please call (906)-225-4777 or 1-800-562-9753,
ext. 4777.
Car
Seat Rental/Purchase Program
Infant and
toddler seats are available for short-term rental (one-month or
less), for $10. Long-term rental is not available. Infants seats
are also available for low-cost purchase on the Family Birthing
Center for delivering mothers who may have forgotten their car seat
or who may have a financial hardship.
For
more information click on the following car seat safety links -
National
SAFEKIDS
National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Medela
Breast Pump Rental Station & Supplies
The Women's
& Children's Center is an authorized Medela
Breast Pump Rental Station.
If
you would like more information please call:
(800) 562-9753 ext. 3081 or (906) 225-3081
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