betheny
01-14-2004, 05:47 PM
What is Nurturing Assistance
"Nurturing assistance is a time-limited service that provides physical assistance to parents with disabilities who have young children. Its function is to physically assist parents to undertake the tasks involved in caring for their children, as if the parents were doing it themselves. The service can last from birth through the first ten years of life.
Nurturing assistants are paid employees who work under the direction and in the presence of the parent with a disability. Their role is to assist the parent with bathing and changing the child, preparing meals, lifting and carrying, nursing and cuddling the child, playing and parent-child interacting, etc., according to the day-to-day needs of the parent and child. The parent is responsible for the child's care and safety. "
For info:
nurturing assistance here (http://www.enablelink.org/nurturing.html)
There is a service available in Canada for parents with disabilities. This provides funding to hire "nurturing assistants" to assist with day-to-day parenting tasks.
The service has been available for thirteen years but is still not well known. It can last from birth through ten years of age.
Because this service is not well known, CILT (Centre for Independent Living in Toronto) has published a book on the subject: Nurturing Assistance, A Guide to Providing Physical Supports to Parents with Disabilities, published Feb 2002.
For more information on Nurturing Assistance or to order a copy of the Nurturing Assistance Guide, contact Kimberly McKennitt at CILT, phone: 416-599-2458, ext. 35 or 1-800-354-9950 (toll-free in Canada); TDD: 416-599-5077; fax: 416-599-3555; e-mail: pdn@cilt.ca
C5/6 incomplete, injured Aug. 2000
[This message was edited by Betheny on 01-14-04 at 11:23 PM.]
[This message was edited by Betheny on 01-14-04 at 11:24 PM.]
"Nurturing assistance is a time-limited service that provides physical assistance to parents with disabilities who have young children. Its function is to physically assist parents to undertake the tasks involved in caring for their children, as if the parents were doing it themselves. The service can last from birth through the first ten years of life.
Nurturing assistants are paid employees who work under the direction and in the presence of the parent with a disability. Their role is to assist the parent with bathing and changing the child, preparing meals, lifting and carrying, nursing and cuddling the child, playing and parent-child interacting, etc., according to the day-to-day needs of the parent and child. The parent is responsible for the child's care and safety. "
For info:
nurturing assistance here (http://www.enablelink.org/nurturing.html)
There is a service available in Canada for parents with disabilities. This provides funding to hire "nurturing assistants" to assist with day-to-day parenting tasks.
The service has been available for thirteen years but is still not well known. It can last from birth through ten years of age.
Because this service is not well known, CILT (Centre for Independent Living in Toronto) has published a book on the subject: Nurturing Assistance, A Guide to Providing Physical Supports to Parents with Disabilities, published Feb 2002.
For more information on Nurturing Assistance or to order a copy of the Nurturing Assistance Guide, contact Kimberly McKennitt at CILT, phone: 416-599-2458, ext. 35 or 1-800-354-9950 (toll-free in Canada); TDD: 416-599-5077; fax: 416-599-3555; e-mail: pdn@cilt.ca
C5/6 incomplete, injured Aug. 2000
[This message was edited by Betheny on 01-14-04 at 11:23 PM.]
[This message was edited by Betheny on 01-14-04 at 11:24 PM.]