Holistic Health: Belonging is Key
A state of total well-being, to achieve holistic health, a child must:
- Feel cared for, as part of and belonging to a family;
- Experience an integrated environment that addresses individual needs;
- Feel like a valued and productive member of a family;
- Feel like a valued and productive member of a community.
Holistic health encompasses:
- Physical growth and development;
- Wellness: Psychological, Intellectual, Emotional, Social, Spiritual.
Integrated into their community, as a member of a stable, loving family, medically fragile children will:
- Grow stronger physically, intellectually, emotionally, socially and spiritually;
- Learn more, and faster;
- Be healthier in mind, body and soul;
- Have reduced health care needs and demands;
- Have reduced health care costs;
- And have meaningful, valuable, and productive lives worth living.
