{"id":32416,"date":"2022-11-30T09:27:13","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T09:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inspirationhealthcaregroup.com\/?page_id=32416"},"modified":"2024-03-21T09:26:40","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T09:26:40","slug":"developmental-care","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/inspirationhealthcaregroup.com\/areas-of-care\/acute-care\/developmental-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Developmental Care"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Developmental Care<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Why is Developmental Care so Important?\u200b<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Although physical and motor disorders may be more noticeable, preterm and medically fragile infants
are also at greater risk for cognitive, social\u2013emotional, mental health, behavioural, speech-language,
and motor difficulties well into school age and beyond.\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Positioning and Handling\u200b<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The goal of supporting the premature infant’s body as closely as possible to the position the baby would have been in the womb.\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Providing developmentally supportive positioning in the NICU influences:\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n