TK News and Stories

Annual Easter Party!

On Friday, April 15th, Totally Kids Rehabilitation Hospital held our Annual Easter Party! This year, we had the opportunity to invite 2 family members for each patient and resident to join in on the fun. During the party, participants enjoyed an egg hunt, a petting zoo with several animals, and picture taking with the Easter Bunny. Easter crafts…

Pet Therapy at Totally Kids

Pet therapy is a very important part of the treatment plan for our patients. Pet Prescription therapy dogs visit with our patients in the acute rehabilitation unit and our subacute unit. By working together with these trained dogs our patients benefit physically and mentally from these interactions. Research has proven that therapy dog visits…

One More From the Heart – 2021 Biker Run

At 10:00 a.m. on November 14th, the sound of revving motorcycles will travel across the Totally Kids parking lot as hundreds of bikers participate in the 31st annual “One More from the Heart” Bike Run. Bikers will travel from all over southern California to donate gifts to our residents. Prior donations have included money to go…

Easter Festivities

The Recreation Therapy and Child Development Departments kicked off a fun filled Easter Event for the Acute patients & staff. The event featured a Petting Zoo and an Easter Egg Hunt held outside on a beautiful Spring day. Our kiddos were all smiles as they held, fed, and snuggled with baby lambs, piglets, bunnies, goats,…

With Deep Sympathy

A message from Totally Kids Chief Operating Officer, Irwin Hansen. Covid-19 has brought sorrow to many families. Families in our nation, our state, our county and our Totally Kids Employee family have lost loved-ones. We who work in health care know that we put others before ourselves; some say this is health-care’s finest hour. We…

Healing NAS Infants at the Totally Infants Program

In July of 2019, Totally Kids Rehabilitation Hospital opened their Totally Infants Program for infants with medically complex conditions upon discharge from a hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit. This includes premature infants with various delayed conditions including slow feeding, and infants with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) who were born dependent on opioids. According to the…

Importance of Developmental Play

At Totally Kids, we have designed a group specifically for infants and children to achieve their Early Childhood Developmental Milestones in the following areas; Play, Cognition, Social, Emotional & Gross Motor Skill. Play can be adapted for any age so that activities/ toys and goals are always age appropriate. It allows the child to…

Aromatherapy at Totally Kids

Aromatherapy is just one aspect of care we incorporate in the Acute Unit at Totally Kids. We have found aromatherapy to be a powerful intervention for patients who have Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI), trauma, altered states of cognition and alertness. Aromatherapy has also been beneficial when it comes to pain management and anxiety reduction. Aromatherapy…

Our Superheroes!

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s Totally Kids Superheroes!!! In June the Child Development Team hosted the Superheroes in Scrubs and Shirts Day. Many medical & administrative staff and residents participated in the day long event dressed as their favorite superheroes. The day included two photo booths set up for staff and residents,…

Upholding our Mission

Our mission statement at Totally Kids tells our community why we exist. A core piece of that mission is respect for life itself, and respect for every team member delivering care in our organization. “Equity in health” should be seen in everything we do. My plea, and that of every Board Member and leader, is…