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Child & Family Care in Island Lakes

Child & Family Care. Nurse-led. Doctor-supported.

Family support for medically complex children, postpartum newborn care, and after-school support for kids in multi-generational households where aging parents also need help.

Care planning in Island Lakes: Island Lakes families can use an in-home assessment to combine foot care, physiotherapy, personal care, nursing, or care navigation with a realistic schedule for appointments, family relief, and overnight needs.

How this service connects to local care

A plan for the person, the home, and the schedule

How the service fits

Child and family support should record the child’s age, routines, medical or developmental needs, school or appointment schedule, overnight requirements, and the qualifications the caregiver must have.

Hospital and appointment handoff

If care follows a stay or appointment at St. Boniface Hospital, share the discharge date, written instructions, medication changes, mobility limits, equipment needs, and follow-up schedule. Prime provides discharge planning, hospital-to-home transportation, appointment escorts, nursing, and post-surgery support.

Home and scheduling details

The nurse assessment should review entrances, stairs or elevators, bathroom access, safe transfers, medication storage, caregiver access, parking, and whether overnight support is required. Confirm preferred visit times, appointment dates, family handoffs, language preferences, and whether overnight care means an awake shift or a live-in arrangement.

What's Included

Pediatric complex care nursing
Postpartum & newborn care
Overnight newborn care
After-school child care
Medically-complex school support
Family respite
Sibling support during parent's hospital stay
Multi-generational household support

What Your Family Gains

Parents restored

Exhausted parents of medically complex kids finally get sleep.

Kids thrive

Development continues — play, stimulation, therapy reinforcement.

Siblings attended to

When our team cares for the medical child, parents can parent the other kids.

Skilled pediatric nursing

Trach, vent, G-tube, seizure management — done by nurses trained in pediatric complexity.

Geographic and facility context for Island Lakes, Winnipeg

Nearest hospital

St. Boniface Hospital (~7 min), Victoria General (~12 min)

Care facilities nearby

Actionmarguerite Saint-Vital · Riverview Health Centre (nearby)

Area character

1980s–90s planned community in southeast St. Boniface built around a series of man-made lakes — family-friendly with walking paths and waterfront homes.

Community context

Original 1980s–90s homeowners now aging into 60s–70s; growing aging-in-place demand.

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