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Hudson Cradle Infant Home 2008 Annual Report

A total of 22 infants received full nurturing residential services in 2008.

Sixty-eight (68) percent of the babies were boys. Fifty-four

(54) percent of the infants were African-American. Fourteen (14) percent were White. Thirty-two (32) percent were Hispanic.

Forty-one (41) percent of the children came directly to Hudson Cradle from the Liberty Health System (Jersey City Medical Center and Meadowlands Hospital Medical Center). Thirty-six (36) percent of the children came from other hospitals through-out Central and Northern New Jersey. Twenty-three (23) percent of the babies came from foster homes and family residences.

Babies had health conditions such as prenatal heroin exposure, hepatitis C exposure, hepatitis B exposure, HIV exposure, preterm birth, low birth weight, perinatal stroke, seizure disorder, drug withdrawal syndrome, prenatal cocaine exposure, feeding intolerance, gastroesophageal reflux disease, organ transplant, developmental delay, extra digit, hypertonicity, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, bone fracture, shaken baby syndrome, cdl syndrome, v/p shunt, fetal alcohol syndrome, plagiocepahaly, macrocephaly, reactive airway disease, failure to thrive, and congenital heart disease.

Hudson Cradle had an 83 percent level of occupancy in 2008. Babies attended more than 300 off-site health-related appointments.

Supervised visitation was provided on 331 occasions. Twenty-one case plan/family team meetings took place. The infants also received these following services: infant care, pediatric nursing, nutrition monitoring, developmental evaluation and intervention, infant education, care coordination, transportation to off-site medical appointments and therapies, and pediatric nurse practitioner services. Consultants provided onsite physical therapy, occupational therapy, pediatrician services, dietician, music therapy, early intervention, and infant education services.

Volunteers provided in excess of 2561 direct infant care hours this year. In addition, volunteers also serve on Hudson Cradle’s board of trustees and assist with Hudson Cradle’s annual special event Taste of Hudson.

All staff members received a minimum of 24 education hours this year including topics such as pediatric first aid, infant safety, and infant CPR/choking.