Children's Health

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.

• Poisoning first aid
• Treatment advice
• Toxicology information
• Information on animal exposures when information is available

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.

Eligible patients may book an appointment with a pediatrician. In PEI, pediatricians act as consultants and work alongside a family doctor or nurse practitioner, as well as other members of the child's health care team.

Note: A pediatrician does not replace a family doctor or nurse practitioner.

Provides support and information services to help children and families understand what is happening to them, their siblings, parents, or loved ones. Includes:

• A Pediatric Brain Tumour Handbook
• A Friend in Hope Storybook
• Toll-Free Information and Support line
• Private Facebook Support Group
• Support reading materials

• What to do next
• Preschool program
• School age materials
• Staffing and training
• AccessAbility Support Program
• Provincial government information
• Federal government information

• Cooking classes
• Games
• Crafts
• Learning strategies to help better manage living with arthritis
• Making friends with others going through similar experience
• Scavenger hunts
• Dance parties

• Seating inserts
• Wheelchairs
• Special needs strollers
• Bath seats
• Car seats
• Toileting aids

Provides grants up to $500 to help families participate and travel to an in-person childhood arthritis camp hosted by the Arthritis Society.

Note: Applications can be submitted throughout the year. Application must be submitted at least two months prior to camp event date.

• An instructional video for parents and caregivers about how to fit, pack, and safely wear the backpack
• An awareness video for teachers
• A plush animal with a removable warming and cooling pack to ease sore joints
• A family informational resource about helping young people live well with arthritis
• Pencil grips and zipper pulls
• An award-winning children's book that explains chronic pain
• An illustrated booklet that shares the experiences of other children living with arthritis