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MILFORD, DE: For a Milford mother juggling work, school schedules, medical appointments and the everyday demands of raising young children, health care can quickly become a maze of separate offices, long drives and missed time.
Milford Wellness Village is designed to make that easier.
The campus brings together a wide range of health, childcare and family-support services in one location, giving parents a place where they can address many of their family’s needs without traveling from office to office across town — or across the county.
For families with young children, that can mean more than convenience. It can save time, reduce stress, help parents keep up with appointments and allow families to spend more of their limited free time together.
A parent could visit the campus for primary care, pediatric care, pharmacy support, therapy, childcare, physical therapy or help navigating a child’s developmental or medical needs.
For a mother managing care for more than one child — or caring for a child with a chronic condition, disability or behavioral-health need — having so many services in one place can make follow-through more realistic.
Primary care, pediatrics and pharmacy in one place
Among the key services available at Milford Wellness Village are primary care options for parents and children.
Village Primary Care offers full-service primary care for adults and families including preventive care, chronic care, and acute visits.
For children and adolescents, La Red Health Center offers pediatric and adolescent care, along with women’s health, oral health, behavioral health and chronic disease screening. That combination can be especially helpful for families that need care for both a parent and a child.
The campus also includes Genoa Healthcare Pharmacy, an on-site pharmacy that provides personalized medication support. For parents, that can reduce the extra stop that often comes after a doctor’s appointment.
Childcare and specialized support for children
The village also includes services that go beyond the traditional doctor’s office.
Bright Path Kids offers affordable, high-quality childcare with small group sizes, low ratios and flexible scheduling — an important resource for working parents.
Nurses ’n Kids provides specialized care for infants and children with acute or chronic medical needs, developmental delays or nutritional challenges. The program is one of only a few of its kind in Delaware and can be a major source of support for families whose children need more than standard childcare.
Families of children with disabilities or developmental needs can also find support through Easterseals, the Delaware Network for Excellence in Autism and the Delaware Assistive Technology Initiative.
Easterseals provides children’s therapies, respite services, caregiver support, and case management. The Delaware Network for Excellence in Autism offers training and support for families of children with autism. The Delaware Assistive Technology Initiative helps families access assistive devices for children with developmental or physical needs.
Support for the whole family
The village’s model also recognizes that parents need support, too.
Essential Voyage provides therapy for women and children dealing with issues such as PTSD, anxiety, autism spectrum disorder and depression. Serenity Consulting offers counseling for individuals, couples, children and families.
Those services can be especially important for parents managing stress, family transitions, behavioral-health challenges or the emotional toll of caring for a child with complex needs.
Aquacare Physical Therapy also serves families through orthopedic care, pelvic therapy and a wellness gym — services that may be useful for mothers recovering after childbirth or parents dealing with pain, mobility issues or injury.
For families without reliable transportation, AEC Medical Transport provides non-emergency medical transportation to help patients get to appointments.
And for parents moving between appointments, childcare pickup or therapy sessions, the Village Café offers on-campus breakfast and lunch options.
Less driving, more family time
For a busy parent, the value of Milford Wellness Village may be measured in hours saved and stress avoided.
Instead of scheduling appointments at multiple locations, arranging transportation across town, filling prescriptions somewhere else and trying to coordinate childcare separately, families can find many of those services on one campus.
