Support services

There are several support services at Arabkir JMC&ICAH in addition to the quality medical care and services

Psychosocial service

Social Worker

Social workers at Arabkir JMC&ICAH provide the following services

  • Collection of data about the social (including financial) needs of patients and submission to corresponding institutions to support in solution of the problems of the patients that might occur
  • Provision of individual and family counseling.

Psychologist

Counseling for patients and their families

The social workers and psychologists provide their services Monday - Friday from 9 am to 5 pm.

Taking into consideration the importance of plays and education for a child as well as making all the efforts to decrease the stress that might occur because of the hospital stay, the services provided by the Child playroom and Hospital School that are run by Direct Aid Association (DAA) are available for your child while he/she stays at the Arabkir JMC&ICAH.

Playroom for children

The play has a very important role in development, communication, self-affirmation of a child and at the hospital it is a very good way of decreasing the stress.  The playroom at Arabkir JMC&ICAH is a nice, comfortable place with development games, colorful toys of different colors, where child can spend his time participating in many activities with facilitation of special educator.
The playroom is open Monday - Friday from 9 am to 5 pm.

Hospital School

The Hospital School provides educational services to children while they are at hospital to ensure both the continuity of their education and consequently further progress when they continue their studies at school. The Hospital School provides group and individual activities according to the needs of children at the hospital. If a child is restricted to the ward, the specially trained educator will visit him/her at her bedside. The Hospital School is open Monday - Friday from 9 am to 5 pm.3

Family Patient House

The Family Patient House has been providing its services since 2001. It provides housing and support for the patients from distant regions of Armenia, while undergoing treatment at Arabkir JMC&ICAH. The service is provided free of charge by DAA

 

 

Aparan Summer Recreation Camp a

One of the objectives of “Arabkir” JMC&ICAH is to ensure quality, efficient treatment and care for children with special needs and chronic diseases. The establishment of Aparan Summer Recreation Camp is one of the achievements of “Arabkir” JMC&ICAH in ensuring quality, efficient treatment and care for children with special needs and chronic diseases.
Aparan   Summer   Recreation   Camp   is   the   only   facility  in  Armenia, where  the  summer  vacation  of  children  with  chronic  diseases, physical and   mental   development   problems,   as  well  as  children, who    need continuous   treatment   is   organized   without   stopping their   treatment. The above-mentioned health problems and diseases include endocrinological, rheumatological, gastroenterological, audiologic, nephrological, allergological, neurological diseases and mental health problems, including diabetes, epilepsy, infantile cerebral palsy, autism, Familial Mediterranean Fever, etc.

The Recreation Camp is located in the picturesque area of Aparan reservoir. It is furnished with all the necessary facilities: a summer canteen, playing ground for volley-ball, a playground and a beautiful park equipped for kids, to ensure summer recreation of 8 to14-year-old 120 children a year for free. The Camp has comfortable, well-furnished houses and a specially equipped swimming pool for children with special needs. Children are provided with meals four times a day in accordance with a diet prescribed by a pediatrician and a nutritionist. 

Children are under constant care of specially trained, highly qualified skilled medical personnel as well as special educators and psychologists. The pastime at the Camp becomes more interesting due to different activities and group-work: drawing, swimming, hiking, dancing and music, group intellectual games and exercises. The  Camp  ensures  a   perfect environment for the children, who are  deprived  of  the  opportunity to  socialize  with  their peers and to make friends. The unique and contributing atmosphere   is   created   by   Armenian   and foreign volunteers, and light-hearted laughter of children is   ever present at the Camp.
As a result, children make new    friends, develop necessary skills for socializing and everyday life, become more confident, and that greatly contributes to their further social integration.