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Local nonprofit outlines paid-training program letting parents provide Medicaid-funded nursing care
Summary
A presenter from Home Heart Florida told the Special Needs Advisory Board the group now trains and certifies adult family members to deliver up to eight hours per day of private-duty nursing to Medicaid-enrolled children, allowing parents or relatives to be paid for caregiving shifts.
Dr. Philene Toledo of Home Heart Florida described a program the nonprofit began in January that trains and certifies adult family members to provide private-duty nursing to medically fragile children enrolled in Medicaid. Toledo said the program allows one family member to be paid for up to eight hours of nursing care per day when a nurse is not available, and that certification can cover continuous-care shifts or overnight…
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