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Support if your child is at the hospital

Whether you’re visiting the Perth Children’s Hospital as an outpatient for a routine appointment with your child or as an inpatient with a child receiving medical treatment, our team is available to assist you.

Our Peer Navigation team can provide

To check how things are going, provide a listening ear together with information and resources to help you navigate the system.

Free care packs of toiletries and practical items for families with a child who is an emergency admission or who are unable to leave their child’s bedside.

Warmth and understanding in the Family Resource Centre with comfortable seating, nursing and change facilities, kitchenette, toys and books.

One-on-one support from a Peer Navigator to help you navigate and connect to other families and the services and supports your family needs.

Connection to other families of children with similar diagnoses, ages or development stages, also at the hospital or within the vast Kiind community.

Useful information to help you navigate the health and disability systems and successfully advocate for the needs of your child and your family.

Where you'll find us

The Kiind team is located on the ground floor in the Family Resource Centre of the Perth Children’s Hospital.

Why not drop in and see us. We’re open from 9am to 4pm, Monday to Friday (except public holidays).

For more information on how we can support you and your family in the hospital, including translating and interpreter services, call us on (08) 6164 9806 or email support@kiind.com.au

Kiind would like to sincerely thank Telethon for supporting this program.

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Kiind offers membership to primary carers of children aged from birth to 25 years, living with disability, developmental delay, autism, genetic, rare, undiagnosed and/or chronic conditions who live in Western Australia.

Membership is free. So join the community, access the information that you need and connect with thousands of other families travelling a similar path to yours.

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Other ways to connect

Kiind’s Parent Support Groups run regularly during the school term with expert guest speakers providing help and education on topics of specific interest to group participants.

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Why not buddy up with an experienced parent who’s further along the disability track. We can match you up with a trained parent coach to help you navigate the next steps in your child’s journey.

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