New Patients

Find out what to expect on your
first visit to VPF

Our primary referrals come from New Jersey but we do accept referrals from other states and other countries as well. Once a referral has been made, an
on-site evaluation of the patient will be completed at the child´s home or referring hospital to determine the skilled nursing needs. We encourage the family to tour and meet with us to go over questions or concerns they may have about placement and meet with our team.

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Our Team

Meet the staff of VPF

Our years of experience committed to serving children with special medical needs has equipped us with the unique understanding that children in long-term care settings have distinctive care needs. VPF addresses issues such as growth, development, educational, pulmonary management which can be complicated by the child's medical fragility.

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Volunteer

Volunteers complement the care of the professional staff.

Volunteers provide services through a variety of programs spending quality time with the residents on a one on one basis or in a group setting. Whether it is reading a story to a child, doing an art project with a teenager or rocking a small infant to sleep, volunteers brighten our children´s days. Volunteers may also provide needed assistance by performing clerical duties as well.

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Careers

Join the team at VPF

The staff at VPF understands the importance of caring for the medical, developmental, emotional, spiritual, educational, and social well-being of a child. Interwoven in the fabric of VPF's holistic philosophy is an interdisciplinary care team approach.

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THE BANCROFT SCHOOL AT VPF

Bancroft Overview

The Bancroft School at Voorhees Pediatric Facility is an innovative and comprehensive education program for medically complex children.

A unique collaboration between two leading institutions, The Bancroft School at VPF opens up a whole new world to medically complex, technology-dependent children. It is the first New Jersey Department of Education-approved private school located within a pediatric specialized care facility. This on-site private school services the educational needs of children who are medically fragile/technology dependent and require continuous skilled high-level nursing care.

The Bancroft School at VPF consists of five classrooms equipped with medical gas outlets. The school's program is open to approximately 65 children, ages 3 through 21. The impressive 35-member staff creates a 2:1 student-to-staff ratio.

The school provides a specialized educational program that promotes the acquisition of new skills that can facilitate, when possible, the child's re-entry into the home and community.

Using an interdisciplinary and collaborative approach to education, the team along with the education professionals and the family/guardian develop realistic, individualized goals for each student. Teachers, rehabilitation therapists, and other medical professionals work with the family or guardian to establish short- and long-term objectives to maximize the student's educational, emotional, rehabilitative, and physical development.

Specialized Education Program

Develops individualized educational plans (lEPs) to specifically address the educational needs of each student
Provides all necessary related services within an integrated model of service delivery
Provides parents with systematic intervention strategies to ensure support, maintenance, and generalization of acquired skills
Develops student contact with age-matched peers without disabilities to prepare students for eventual transition to less restrictive programs, if appropriate

"I cannot say enough about VPF´s staff. We are so please with the care and love Casey receives. Everyone here is wonderful!"

- The Mortellite Family