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Causes: Health, Health Support
Mission: To provide a free platform that empowers medically complex families and individuals to connect with home health nurses in their area.
Target demographics: medically complex individuals/families and nurses (RN, LPN, CNA)
Geographic areas served: Headquartered in Colorado, our nonprofit serves medically complex families and nurses nationally.
Programs:
The Connections Hub: Our largest program and founding mission, a first of it’s kind resource created to help medically complex families connect with nurses in their own communities. By allowing families to create profiles, promote their case, and ensuring loved ones are seen as more than just a medical diagnosis, filling a major gap in the care industry. The Hub also empowers families and nurses during the matching process with the goal of increasing compatibility and ultimately, increasing family care coverage and decreasing nurse burnout.
The State of Home Health Nursing Survey: Launched in 2023, this program focused on quantifying the impact the home health nursing shortages has on medically complex families. Survey data was presented at the 2024 American Thoracic Society Conference and has been reference by the industry leaders like the Home Care and Hospice Association of Colorado.
Project Celebrate: A fan favorite program, this fun and meaningful program distributes celebratory gifts to medically complex kids. Executions vary from year to year but have included “Trach or Treat” and “Trach Awareness Week” gifting.
Hospital Partnership Program: A program focused on helping medically complex families in hospitals and care facilities as they search for home health nursing. The program currently includes over 20 of the top pediatric hospitals and care facilities throughout the nation.