Warm helpers support premature baby aftercare

Günzach / Kaufbeuren - What originally started as a pure hobby football team has now become a remarkable support association in Ostallgäu: The HFT helpers Günzach.

One focus of the association is on children and families who need support.

Harl.e.kin aftercare in Kaufbeuren recently received a donation of 1000 euros.

The Harl.e.kin aftercare is a care offer for families with premature and risk-born children in the transition from the children's clinic to home. “Especially when premature children are released from the clinic's supervised setting, parents are often unsettled about the situation at home at the beginning. This is where our Harl.e.kin team comes in, which is a great support for the families, "says Cornelia Schunke, coordinator of the Harl.e.kin team in Kaufbeuren, describing the aftercare offer.

In tandem, pediatric nurses from the clinic and employees of the interdisciplinary early intervention center of Lebenshilfe Ostallgäu accompany the families and take parental and child concerns into account. Comprehensive aftercare is what makes the offer, says Prof. Dr. Franke, head of neonatology at the Kaufbeuren Clinic, sure. “Our team is there for all questions. We reach many families who are otherwise dismissed without further professional support and who may therefore find their way to suitable support offers late. "

The Harl.e.kin aftercare in Kaufbeuren has been in existence for ten years.

“We are impressed with what is being done here.

As a rule, no family expects a premature baby, so it's all the more wonderful that there are suitable offers for such extreme situations directly at the clinic, ”said Uwe Fahrni and Anton Jörg, the chairmen of the HFT helpers Günzach, impressed by the Harl.e.kin - Follow-up care.