UCSF Home Health Care provides assistance to children and their parents, including mothers and newborns, at home. Our two programs for children and their families serve the greater San Francisco area:

• Maternal Child Health — This program provides routine and specialized care for mothers and newborns. Routine care consists of a visit to your home by a registered nurse to check on you and your baby and to answer any questions about breastfeeding, newborn care or caring for yourself.

  In addition, nurses schedule visits to pregnant women and new mothers who are bedridden before and after giving birth.

• Pediatric Home Health — This program provides help at home for children up to age 18. Our staff works with you and your doctor to develop a plan of care for your child. Our services nursing care and physical therapy for acute and chronic illnesses, post-operative care, home infusion therapy, wound care and pain management.

Bilingual staff and translators are available to meet the needs of our diverse patient population. All of our staff who work with children receive training in the special needs of young patients.

UCSF Home Health Care is certified by Medicare and Medicaid, licensed by the State of California and accredited by the Joint Commission, which sets standards for health care institutions nationwide.