Children's Health

• Private bedrooms
• Shared bathrooms
• Linens, towels and complimentary laundry facilities
• Full kitchen and dining area (guests must supply their own food and clean up after themselves)
• Home for Dinner program that offers families a home cooked meal three times a week
• Complimentary bread, milk, juice, coffee
• Common living room, television access, public computer with internet access, and free wi-fi
• Arts and crafts area, playroom and outdoor playground for children
• Recreational activities for families

• Fully equipped kitchen
• Shower facilities (towels, soaps and shampoos provided)
• Computer with internet access
• Homemade meals several times a week through the Home for Dinner program, plus bread and baked goods
• Complimentary coffee, tea and hot chocolate
• Books, games and puzzles for children and adults
• Arts and crafts and play area for children
• Halifax location also has a laundry room and access to television

• Consultation
• Screening and assessment
• Treatment
• Workshops
• Community visits
• Caregiver training

Helps families with children who have complex medical needs navigate the healthcare system, finding both medical and non-medical services through support, education, advocacy, and referrals to programs and services. Includes:

• Understand medical diagnosis and needs
• Answer questions about screening, testing, and care plans
• Navigate the healthcare system
• Listen to concerns
• Connect with programs and services (social programs, community groups, counselling, spiritual care)
• Support during out-of-province medical travel
• Coordinate care between provinces
• Connect to financial resources for medications, travel, and medical supplies

Note: The navigators cannot provide medical care.

Helps cover the costs of annual eye exams and and up to three pairs of glasses for children in grades one-six, as needed.

Note: Children must be registered before submitting claims to Health PEI. Without proof of eligibility, families may need to pay full cost.

Following a referral from a family doctor, pediatrician, or nurse practitioner, preschool children may receive physiotherapy services in a clinical setting, at home, in a child care centre, or at school. Preschool physiotherapy is provided to children from birth through the end of kindergarten.

Provides occupational therapy services for children to help them with motor and sensory skills, where there is a concern the child is not meeting developmental milestones. Occupational therapy can help children in the areas of:

• Self care: Toileting, dressing, bathing, feeding self, eating, as well as following the home routine and completing simple chores
• Play skills: Playing with a variety of toys and different textures/materials(ex: taking turns and copying actions)
• Preschool readiness: Drawing, colouring, using scissors, building with blocks or puzzles
• Exploring environment: Moving around environment safely ( ex: participating on playground equipment)
• Sensory input: Tolerating different sounds, smells, tastes, or textures

Note: School based occupational therapy for school-aged children is also available, but referrals must come from the school and there is no self-referral process.

• Growth and nutrition
• Vision and hearing
• Oral health
• Gross and fine motor development
• Speech and communication
• Problem solving
• Personal/social development

Provides free flu vaccinations at the following locations each year:

• Public Health Nursing Community flu and RSV vaccinations clinics at various locations across PEI starting mid October to early December each year. To schedule an appointment, visit Skip the Waiting Room
• At your family physician or nurse practitioners office or your local pharmacy