Cyril Ross Nursery
Name: Shirmelle Moore
Student ID#: 00025733
Course: Pediatric and Adolescent Care
Assignment: Visit to Cyril Ross Nursery - Report
Lecturer: Alicia Walker
Pediatric and Adolescence Care Assignment
Cyril Ross Nursery
The History of Cyril Ross Nursery
The Cyril Ross Nursery was named after Fr. Cyril Ross, who was a Catholic Priest assigned to the St. Charles parish in Tunapuna.
The Nursery is one of seventeen institutions of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, and it is the only one for children. Initially it was used as a Day Nursery to accommodate children of working single parents. When the service was no longer needed the location was temporally used to house senior citizens from the Arima home, also operated by the Society of St. Vincent de Paul.
In the year 1992 a decision was taken to utilize the building as home for HIV + children who were abandoned at the Port of Spain General Hospital. When the home started three (3) children (all of whom are still alive) were brought from the hospital, and over the years our numbers have grown to forty.
The Nursery is the only one if it kind operating in the country that addresses the need of children living with HIV and AIDS both as residents and out-patients.
Most of the children were placed here by Social Workers from the Port of Spain, San Fernando, Mt. Hope and Scarborough Hospitals.
During the first eight years seventeen children died, however with the granting of free medication by the Government in 2002, we have had not deaths.
Mission
Cyril Ross Nursery is a caring family with committed partners who respond appropiately to the medical, spiritual, emotional and social needs of our children and support the development of our partners.
Vision
To nurture our children to fulfill their purpose and destiny and to assist them to be confident builders of our nation.
Core Values * Love of God * Gratitude * Honesty * Excellence * Truth * Co-operation * Lasting
Student ID#: 00025733
Course: Pediatric and Adolescent Care
Assignment: Visit to Cyril Ross Nursery - Report
Lecturer: Alicia Walker
Pediatric and Adolescence Care Assignment
Cyril Ross Nursery
The History of Cyril Ross Nursery
The Cyril Ross Nursery was named after Fr. Cyril Ross, who was a Catholic Priest assigned to the St. Charles parish in Tunapuna.
The Nursery is one of seventeen institutions of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, and it is the only one for children. Initially it was used as a Day Nursery to accommodate children of working single parents. When the service was no longer needed the location was temporally used to house senior citizens from the Arima home, also operated by the Society of St. Vincent de Paul.
In the year 1992 a decision was taken to utilize the building as home for HIV + children who were abandoned at the Port of Spain General Hospital. When the home started three (3) children (all of whom are still alive) were brought from the hospital, and over the years our numbers have grown to forty.
The Nursery is the only one if it kind operating in the country that addresses the need of children living with HIV and AIDS both as residents and out-patients.
Most of the children were placed here by Social Workers from the Port of Spain, San Fernando, Mt. Hope and Scarborough Hospitals.
During the first eight years seventeen children died, however with the granting of free medication by the Government in 2002, we have had not deaths.
Mission
Cyril Ross Nursery is a caring family with committed partners who respond appropiately to the medical, spiritual, emotional and social needs of our children and support the development of our partners.
Vision
To nurture our children to fulfill their purpose and destiny and to assist them to be confident builders of our nation.
Core Values * Love of God * Gratitude * Honesty * Excellence * Truth * Co-operation * Lasting
Bibliography: * ------------------------------------------------- HIV and AIDS in Children: Risk Factors, Symptoms, Treatments, and Coping Strategies. (n.d.). WebMD - Better information. Better health.. Retrieved December 29, 2012, from http://www.webmd.com/hiv-aids/guide/hiv-in-children ------------------------------------------------- * ------------------------------------------------- The Cyril Ross Nusery - Home. (n.d.).The Cyril Ross Nusery - Home. Retrieved December 29, 2012, from http://cyrilrosshome.org/