All services use a multi-specialty approach to patient care and case management. Children's Mercy Home Care also provides patients with a smooth transition from hospital to home by helping coordinate all the details of hospital discharge. Children's Mercy Home Care also provides rehabilitative coordination with school programs and other home care services, including pediatric hospice.

Our specialized pediatric nursing staff performs highly technical and quality focused patient care. Services provided include: acute and rehabilitative care, assessment of high-risk newborns, assessment and teaching, diabetes teaching, infusion nursing, respiratory care, specialized treatments, wellness and/or disease-focused education, enteral pumps, formula, supplies and nebulizers.

Physical and Occupational therapy services provide health care to children whose lives have been disrupted by a physical injury, surgery, or illness or who face problems with development. Therapists work to promote growth and development and help the child to improve or regain their functional abilities through exercise, activities and modalities. In addition, Occupational Therapy can address sensory processing and feeding needs to improve skills of daily living.

Speech therapy services works with patients to prevent, assess, diagnose and treat swallowing/feeding disorders, speech, language, cognitive communication and social communication. Speech therapy also provides rehabilitative services in the areas of speech, voice and fluency.

Clinical Respiratory Service (CRS) is life-supporting, life-enhancing health care performed by licensed respiratory care practitioners and other licensed individuals, under qualified medical direction. CRS provides care and treatment for neonatal/pediatrics patients with various medical disorders and diagnosis with attention specifically to the cardiopulmonary system including diagnostic testing, therapeutics, education and monitoring. Patient, family, caregiver and public education are essential to achieve positive patient outcomes.

Social workers in home health perform a psychosocial assessment that helps to identify social or environmental factors that impact patient care. Social workers identify strengths and weaknesses and help families with problem solving. They can act as advocates, perform case management functions, coordinate services, provide counseling and link with needed resources. They can help families cope with the stress of caring for a child who needs health care services at home.

Our team of pediatric professionals teach children and families how to use and care for equipment safely and effectively. Deliveries or shipment of equipment and supplies are made directly to the patient home.

The infusion program uses the expertise of multiple teams of specialists to provide the following: antibiotics, chemotherapy, growth hormone, hydration, IVIG, nutritional support, pain management, TPN, colony stimulating factors and other drug therapies.