Dream House advocacy efforts have given a voice to medically fragile children.
Thanks to community support and private funding, Dream House makes it possible for kids with complex health issues to leave the hospital sooner, keep them out of institutional care, and give them the home, family and future each one so desperately needs to survive.
At Issue: Families and communities face a phenomenon for which there is no precedent or clearly defined path for resolution. Read more...
The Situation: Families and communities are unprepared to provide the higher, specialized level of care these children require.
The Consequences: Medically fragile children languish forgotten in Georgia hospitals and adult nursing homes.
Dream House Solution: Specialized training and resources allow children to be placed in more appropriate settings. Read more...
Benefits and Outcomes: The Dream House patent-pending Transition Model of Care yields fewer care mistakes, and has allowed more medically fragile children to remain in stable home settings. Read more...
The Dream House Family for Keeps® Transition Care Advocacy Program
strives to increase public awareness for these children and their needs by:
- defining how communities can support these children,
- defining how to meet their needs through collaborative efforts between government agencies, businesses, civic groups and service providers.
