Playtime at the hospital can be fun. Learn what to do during playtime with your child of any age.
Find out what is involved in in-hospital hemodialysis and its benefits.
Learn how to help your child get used to staying in the hospital.
Hospitalization may interfere with a child's normal development. Learn ways to help your child cope including play, familiar objects and planning ahead.
Learn tips to help navigate the transitions you and your child will experience during their hospital stay for intestinal failure and when planning to return home from the hospital.
Being in the hospital does not have to mean no fun. Learn tips on how to make the most out of your stay.
Find out what to expect as your child recovers from limb lengthening and reconstruction surgery.
Read about some practical help you can provide if you have a friend who has a sick child in the hospital.
It is important to keep your child as healthy as possible before a heart transplant. Learn about what happens while you are waiting for a donor heart to become available.
As a parent, you can play an important role in preparing your child for a stay in hospital. Learn about your child's operation, ask questions, and find out how you can prepare your child.
This page is about play for school-age children staying in the hospital.
This page is about play for preschoolers staying in the hospital.
Learn how "care-by-parent" prepares you to care for a child with complex needs when they are discharged from hospital.
Play gives toddlers an opportunity for learning and social development and it may also help to alleviate stress. Find out about play activities for hospitalized toddlers.
Coping with your child's illness as a parent means taking care of yourself. Learn practical stress relief approaches for parents.
While you're in the hospital, your health-care team may include a teacher to help you keep up with school work. Find out what you can expect from your in-hospital school teacher.
Pharmacists are trained health professionals who are medication experts. Learn about the role they play in the health-care team.
Learn about child-friendly activities in the hospital, after a blood and marrow transplant.
Find out what needs to happen in order for you to be discharged from the hospital after having scoliosis surgery, including your physical abilities.
After a heart transplant, your child will need to stay in hospital for at least two to four weeks. Learn about what is involved in your child's recovery.
MRSA is bacteria that can cause infections and is easily spread. Read about prevention and treatment for this type of antibiotic resistant infection.
Learn how ARFID can be treated in hospital and at home.
This page has advice for kids visiting a brother or sister in the hospital.
Here is an introduction to scoliosis surgery. Links are provided to pages that give information about what will happen before, during, and after surgery.
