Planning the transition of children with complex needs from hospital to home
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Planning the transition of children with complex needs from hospital to home

Jaqui Hewitt-Taylor Senior lecturer in practice development (children with complex needs), Bournemouth University

Planning and facilitating a high quality transition from hospital to home for children and young people with complex health needs is an important part of enabling them, and their families, to enjoy a good quality of life. This includes: identifying their health, social and education needs; what aspects of these needs their family can meet and what they will need assistance with; who should be involved in supporting them; the practicalities of what support and assistance they will need; how the funding required to meet their needs will be organised; and how their needs can be met in the context of their whole family.

Nursing Children and Young People. 24, 10, 28-35. doi: 10.7748/ncyp2012.12.24.10.28.c9464

Correspondence

jhtaylor@bournemouth.ac.uk

Conflict of interest

None declared

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