Wollongong Hospital
At the Wollongong Hospital, the Tiny Star Beads program was established in 2013 to offer a positive experience to babies, and their parents, who are admitted to Newborn Care Centres at birth in the form of unique beads.
Beads are distributed during a weekly catch-up with a social worker at the Neonatal Unit. The catch-up can be an opportunity to debrief on the past week’s events and to chat with other parents.
The Tiny Star Beads program is offered to parents of babies who spend time in the hospital from birth and offers babies little rewards for their many medical procedures and milestones in the form of unique beads.
The beads, when strung together, help to tell the story of each baby’s personal medical journey, and become a very special memento for the babies, and their families, and a symbol of pride and courage for all the challenges that they have overcome.
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