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Monday, March 30, 1987 / University Daily Kansan
Nannies trained to care for sick kids
By JERRI NIEBAUM
Staff writer
Moms and dads in Lawrence don't have to stay home from work when their children are sick.
Instead, they can call the Sick Child Care Program, part of the Home Care Support Service of the Dogs County Visiting Nurses Association, Fourth and Maine streets.
Nannies trained by nurses to care for children with colds, flus, chicken pox and other mild illnesses come to the children's homes to care for
"I think sick children are more comfortable at home," said Janet Garlow, a Lawrence mother with three children and a part-time attorney at the Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services in Topeka.
The Garlows are one of about 50 families who have signed up for the nanny service. The Garlows joined when it opened in late December. Garlow called for a nanny in January when her two children caught chicken pox within two weeks of each
other.
She said her children responded positively toward the nanny, who had long red hair that fascinated Garlow's 10-month-old daughter.
"Kids are attracted to strange things on people." she said.
Betty Jo Moason, Lawrence resident, is a 20-year-old nanny with the service. She said she learned about child care in her home, where she lived with a younger brother and seven younger cousins.
"The oldest got stuck with baby-sitting." she said.
Moon said she made sick children feel better by holding them, reading to them, putting together puzzles and giving them tender loving care.
She said she had cared for one little girl three times and each time the girl had warmed up to her a little more.
"It got to the point where she didn't act sick," she said. "But when the mom got息, she acted sick."
She said children tended to be more miserable around their parents, but she didn't know whether they were
The nannies learn about child development, common illnesses, basic first aid and techniques for administering medicine from information packets and nurses from Visiting Nurses
the service, they fill out a form with detailed information about each child's eating, sleeping and other habits. Allergies and chronic illnesses are listed with information about the child's hobbies and favorite toys.
playing possum or trying to get attention.
Garlow said she or her husband tried to stay home when their children were sick, but both were attorneys who could not always reschedule appointments and stay home.
When the Garlows goes to work, their 13-year-old usually goes to school and their two younger children stay with a woman who cares for them in her home. But the woman's children had been pox in January; Garlow didn't pox in January, so she got sick Garlow also thought that her children would be more comfortable in their own home, so she called on the nanny service.
"We even ask things like Who is your best friend?" said Elaine Creaden, coordinator for the program.
"They are trained to take care of sick children. Not everyone is," she said. "A sick child can sometimes be hard to take care of."
Parents who apply to the service pay a $10 enrollment fee and $5.25 an hour for one child, with a minimum of four hours a visit. Care for an additional child is 75 cents an hour.
Credenad said about eight students, retired women or other women. She said a few men had applied for the job, but none had been hired yet.
When family members apply for
Parents sign a release form that gives the nanny permission to call for an ambulance or other emergency service. Then while the parents are away, the nanny records what the child eats, how long and how well the child sleeps and any symptoms of illness.
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