J&D Ultracare has provided skilled nursing services to the medically fragile population since 1985. But here on the blog, we provide helpful tips to parents to help them take care of their kids! Last month, we wrote an article called “Five Tips That Will Help Your Kids Sleep Easier”. If you want to check it out, you can read it by clicking here.

This week, we want to talk about a few different ways your children can take medicine easier. We all know that taking medicine is very important, however, it can be difficult to get a child to cooperate. For example, maybe it’s too difficult for them to take or they don’t understand why they need the medicine. But there are ways to fix that!

These three tips come from the Children’s Hospital in Los Angeles! If you want to see more tips on this topic, we recommend you read the full post by clicking here.

1. Give choices. When kids feel sick, they lose their sense of control, so it’s helpful to give them choices. While taking medication is not a choice, you can give them simple options: How they take it (from a syringe or a cup), When they take it (before or after they get dressed), and where they take it (at the kitchen table or sitting on the couch while watching TV)
2. Avoid choking. Be mindful of how much your child can swallow at once to avoid choking. Sometimes, a dose should be divided into smaller parts. For infants and smaller children, always squirt medication into the lower cheek rather than the back of the throat to prevent choking. Let your baby swallow before squirting in more. Medication should always be given in an upright or seated position to prevent choking.
3. Explain why medicine helps. If your child is old enough to understand, explain why he or she needs to take the medication. I recently babysat for my 4-year-old nephew, who was on a course of antibiotics for an ear infection. When I took out the bottle of pink medication, he told me, “No, that’s yucky.” I asked him if he knew why he needed to take the medicine and he shrugged his shoulders. We talked about the medicine helping his ears to feel better so he could go back to preschool and play with his friends, which was just the ticket to get him on board with taking the yucky pink medicine.

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J&D Ultracare is a professional home care nursing agency that has been helping those in need since 1985! We have helped the medically fragile population in Rockland, Dutchess, Putnam County, Westchester, Sullivan, Ulster, and Orange Counties. See what our clients are saying about us on our testimonials page or give us a call at 845-357-4500 to learn more about us.

It’s important to keep your kids engaged! Activities can help keep children happy, which has a positive effect on their health. That’s why we wrote about “Four Fall Arts & Crafts Ideas For Kids” a couple of weeks ago, which you can read by clicking here. Today, we want to talk about three fun ways your kids can become a part of Thanksgiving!

These great ideas come from an article written by a website called Moms. Their article has ten different ways that kids can involve themselves during Thanksgiving, so if you like what you see below, you can check out their full post by clicking here.

• HELP CREATE A MEMORABLE TABLE: You can check out any Instagram and Pinterest page to note how many people love creating an aesthetically pleasing Thanksgiving table. While the food is typically beautiful enough, adding candles, colored napkins, and different fall-themed decorations can really set the tone. But since mom and dad have too much on their plate to focus on table settings, ask your little one to decorate the table. Have them draw up a vision and show them ways to make that vision come to life. Whether that’s making their own decorations or making it simple, this can make a child feel proud and useful.
• MAKE FALL ART FOR DECORATIONS: Creating DIY fall crafts is such a fun and easy thing to do. There are thousands of blogs out there showing how easy it is to turn a pumpkin into a turkey or even a handprint into a turkey. What’s even more festive is going outside and telling your little one to find beautiful colored leaves. You can press the leaves in a book overnight so that they’re flat enough to spread out on the table or your kids can trace the leaves on to paper, creating their own leaf decor.
• LET THEM HAVE THEIR OWN CUSTOM DISH: This idea is perfect for a child of any age over three or four. Help them go through a list of recipes (pictures really help them since not many kids know what oregano or the like is) and have them choose the one they want most. Give the recipe a new name, like “Lily’s Famous Pumpkin Pie” or “Ben’s Mighty Mac and Cheese” and help them create it. This can become an adorable tradition where each dish has a new name and inspiration after someone in the family. It can also make a child feel special knowing they have a dish with their own name attached to it.

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Welcome to the monthly J&D Ultracare testimonial post! Each month, we receive a ton of reviews from people that have used our professional home care services. We like to take these reviews and share them with our readers on the blog every single month. If you missed last month’s post, you can check it out by clicking here.

We provide specialized care to medically fragile children and often hear from parents that are very happy with the work we do. We even receive testimonials from our own nurses, who love working with our patients and learning through our training programs. That’s why this month, we want to highlight some reviews from both families and nurses!

Below, you can find three great testimonials from Google reviews:

• NiNa: I have worked for this agency for almost a year now, and have no intention of leaving! I have never worked for a company that is so invested in their employees. The office and support staff as well as supervisors have always been there any time I have had questions or concerns. Offering training and refresher courses is also very appreciated. Not to mention all the staff are incredibly invested in our medically fragile young patients. They genuinely love the children enrolled with us. J&D also provide a tablet or app to do all charting on, which makes things super easy, especially if you have a case where you are traveling to both the home and school. Also competitive rates for both RN and LPNs ensure longevity of staff. I would absolutely recommend working for this agency! It has been a great experience so far 🙂
• Spencer: Very friendly, professional staff.
• Kathleen: Over 20 years of excellent care!

Want to read more? You can find some great reviews on our testimonial page by clicking here. If you have worked with J&D Ultracare or used our nursing services in the past, please consider writing us a Google review by clicking here. Not only does this help spread the word about J&D Ultracare, you may also be featured in an upcoming testimonial post as well!

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If this is your first time here, welcome to the J&D Ultracare blog! We’re a home care nursing agency that helps the medically fragile population of the New York Metropolitan area. We’re proud of the quality private duty and skilled nursing care we’ve provided for over 35 years.

Here on the blog, we we like to give advice to parents that will help them take care of their kids at home. Happiness is also just as important as health, so we like to encourage lots of different types of activities that will keep your children entertained. That’s why we wanted to highlight four fun fall arts & crafts activities that you can do during the fall!

The activities, which you can find below, all come from article called “14 Fun Fall Crafts for Kids” written on a website called Parents. If you like them and want to see more, check out the full article by clicking here.

1. Pine Cone Pumpkin

Halloween is everyone’s favorite fall holiday. That’s what makes pine cone craft perfect for this spooky holiday. Manda Panda Projects brings us this adorable pine cone pumpkin. Your little one will get to practice painting and glueing as part of this fun fall craft.

2. Toddler Paper Acorn Craft

Those earliest scribbles are so adorable, and they’ll be dear to your heart for the rest of your life. That’s why these crafts with acorns from No Time for Flashcards are one of the best fall crafts for toddlers. Have your little one “color” on a brown paper bag then help them glue it to the acorn template for an adorable result.

3. Cute Acorn Squirrel Craft

We’re obsessed with crafts with acorns. Just look at this acorn squirrel—it’s totally adorable! Help your little one pull together their own furry fall animal using the instructions provided by the Mama Instincts blog.

4. Painted Pine Cone Turkeys

This adorable Thanksgiving turkey is one of our favorite pine cone crafts. Break out the fall-colored paint and top it off with felt and a pom-pom for the turkey’s cute face. How adorable will this be on your dinner table on turkey day?

If you have used J&D Ultracare’s nursing services in the past, please consider writing us a review by clicking here. Not only does this help spread the word about J&D Ultracare, you may also be featured in an upcoming testimonial post on the blog!

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