Providence Child Center

Nursing Facility / Intermediate Care Facility

An institution (or a distinct part of an institution) which- (1) is primarily engaged in providing to residents- (A) skilled nursing care and related services for residents who require medical or nursing care, (B) rehabilitation services for the rehabilitation of injured, disabled, or sick persons, or, on a regular basis, health-related care and services to individuals who because of their mental or physical condition require care and services (above the level of room and board) which can be made available to them only through institutional facilities, and is not primarily for the care and treatment of mental diseases; (2) has in effect a transfer agreement with one or more hospitals.

Pediatric Skilled Nursing Facility

A nursing care facility designed and staffed for the provision of nursing care and appropriate educational and habilitative/rehabilitative services to children with multiple, complex or profound disabilities that can not be cared for in a less restrictive environment.

Child Physical Disabilities Respite Care

Providence Child Center is a Child Physical Disabilities Respite Care practice in Portland, OR with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in providing families and caregivers of children with disabilities temporary relief from their duties. Child Physical Disabilities Respite Care at Providence Child Center perform in-home care or center-based facilities for hours or weeks at a time. Child Physical Disabilities Respite Care is the short-term care of children with physical and mental disabilities. Significant diseases and conditions treated at Child Physical Disabilities Respite Care practices include intellectual disability, cerebral palsy, brain or spine injury, terminal illness, child abuse, and caretaker exhaustion. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Child Physical Disabilities Respite Care practices include maintaining daily routines or providing new activities, experiences, and friendships for children with disabilities.

A facility or distinct part of a facility that providers short term, residential care to children, diagnosed with complex or profound disabilities as respite for the regular caregivers.