{"id":18133,"date":"2024-05-02T19:02:20","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T19:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/news\/child-life-grant\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T10:57:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T15:57:24","slug":"child-life-grant","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/news\/child-life-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"A Southcoast Health recebeu um subs\u00eddio significativo da Friends of Jack Foundation para expandir o programa de especialistas em vida infantil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Na quarta-feira, 24 de abril, o <a href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofjack.org\/\">Funda\u00e7\u00e3o Amigos de Jack<\/a> Luke's Hospital para apresentar aos fornecedores, enfermeiros e funcion\u00e1rios da Southcoast Health um subs\u00eddio significativo para expandir o seu Programa de Especialistas em Vida Infantil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No piso pedi\u00e1trico, Jill Fearons, fundadora e presidente da The Friends of Jack Foundation, anunciou o seu compromisso de $280.000 para o programa Child Life Specialist nos pr\u00f3ximos dois anos. Esta \u00e9 a maior doa\u00e7\u00e3o individual na hist\u00f3ria da Friends of Jack Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8757-3-copy-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-164959 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Este apoio permitir\u00e1 que a Southcoast Health ofere\u00e7a 100 horas de cobertura de especialistas em vida infantil por semana, com os Friends of Jack a financiarem totalmente um posto de especialista em vida infantil (CLS) existente de 36 horas e um novo posto de CLS de 24 horas.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSince establishing the Friends of Jack Foundation five years ago, Jill and her team have been constant supporters of our pediatric program at Southcoast Health, and valuable partners in ensuring the children of our region receive comforting, specialized care,\u201d said David McCready, President and CEO of Southcoast Health. \u201cThanks to their ongoing generosity, St. Luke\u2019s Hospital will be able to expand this meaningful service to support even more families in our community.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-expanding-the-child-life-specialist-program\">Expans\u00e3o do programa de especialistas em vida infantil<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Atualmente, o St. Luke's Hospital tem duas especialistas certificadas em vida infantil, Kara Levoshko e Molly Johnson, que orientam os doentes pedi\u00e1tricos atrav\u00e9s de experi\u00eancias m\u00e9dicas no departamento de urg\u00eancias do hospital, antes da cirurgia e durante uma estadia nocturna. O seu trabalho de apoio a estes doentes e \u00e0s suas fam\u00edlias, \u00e0 medida que atravessam frequentemente alguns dos momentos mais dif\u00edceis das suas vidas, \u00e9 um recurso inestim\u00e1vel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"A minha fam\u00edlia ficou extremamente grata pela oportunidade de ter um especialista em vida infantil na equipa de cuidados do meu filho Jack quando ele foi submetido a uma cirurgia de emerg\u00eancia em 2015\", disse Fearons. \"Vimos em primeira m\u00e3o o enorme benef\u00edcio que esse atendimento especializado proporcionou n\u00e3o apenas ao meu filho como paciente, mas a toda a nossa fam\u00edlia. Fomos aben\u00e7oados por ter esse apoio incr\u00edvel durante todo o tratamento e tenho a honra de ajudar a fornecer esse servi\u00e7o significativo a outras pessoas aqui mesmo na Grande New Bedford.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-continuous-support\">Apoio cont\u00ednuo <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Este pr\u00e9mio vem juntar-se ao significativo apoio em esp\u00e9cie oferecido pela funda\u00e7\u00e3o \u00e0 Southcoast Health. Em todo o hospital, a funda\u00e7\u00e3o fornece a maioria dos brinquedos e materiais para o Departamento de Vida Infantil, bem como os livros infantis para o Ber\u00e7\u00e1rio de N\u00edvel II. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Os Friends of Jack tamb\u00e9m doaram um carro de brincar para os doentes pedi\u00e1tricos internados poderem conduzir at\u00e9 ao bloco operat\u00f3rio e fornecem milhares de ursinhos de peluche todos os anos a crian\u00e7as doentes ou feridas no servi\u00e7o de urg\u00eancia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Estes artigos atenciosos de conforto para o doente e de apoio \u00e0 fam\u00edlia fornecidos pela Friends of Jack Foundation fazem uma enorme diferen\u00e7a na experi\u00eancia hospitalar dos nossos doentes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Para saber mais sobre o Programa de Especialista em Vida Infantil da Southcoast Health, visite <a 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