HomeCare Services

We enable patients to recover comfortably at home.  Our goal is to help restore a patient's health or provide resources designed to increase independence.

HomeCare services can include:

Skilled Nursing

• We assist in management and education of acute or chronic diseases
• We provide medication management
• We perform skilled procedures, including:
  • Catheter (insertion, sterile irrigation and placement)
  • Wound care (dressing changed, obervation of wound)
  • Ostomy care (treatment, assess for complications)
  • Nasogastric and percutaneous tube feedings ( treatment, assess for complication)
  • Intravenous medication administration (administration, observation and maintenance of line)

Physical and Occupational Therapy

• We monitor home safety.  We evaluate, make recommendations and review a patient's follow-through
• We assess activities of daily living
• We teach transfer training (bed to chair, chair to standing)
• We provide instruction for bed mobility activities
• We demonstrate energy conservation techniques (essintial for cardiopulmonary patients or patients with limited endurance due to pain, arthritis or similar disability)
• We use pain relief modalities (ultrasound, TENS unit, positioning, etc.)
• We offer ambulation retraining:
  • Train to use or wean from an assistive device, including wheelchair mobility
  • Ascending/descending a curb or stairs
  • Establish functional, realistic distance and endurance goals
  • Use of artificial limb
• We teach functional exercises to:
  • Regain range of motion following surgery or trauma
  • Improve balance/coordination activities
  • Re-educate muscle following fractures, stroke, head injury, surgery or long period of immobility
• We offer low vision assessment and compensation strategies
• We help reintegrate a patient into the community by establishing a realistic plan with patient input
• We educate the spouse or children how and when to help their loved one

 Speech Therapy

• We perform swallowing assessments, recommendations and treatment
• We retrain oral and written communication skills following a stroke, head injury, laryngectomy, facial trauma or other medical condition
• We treat Bell's Palsy and Sysarthria with:
  • Facial exercises
  • Muscle stimulation
  • Muscle re-education
• We address cognitive issues, including:
  • Memory, recall and information processing following a head injury or stroke

Social Work Services

• We provide in-home assistance for caregiver support
• We direct patients to community resources for assistance with:
  • Transportation
  • Meals
  • Housekeeping
• We assist in acquiring the proper medical equipment needed
• We address a patient's financial needs, including:
  • Medications
  • Utility bills
  • Food Stamps
  • Medicaid
• We offer short-term counseling for:
  • Depression and anxiety
  • We help with long-range planning
• We educate patients about advance directives and assist with completion
• We offer placement assistance for:
  • Nursing hom/assisted living

 Home Health Aide Services

• We provide bathing and personal hygiene assistance
• We help with activities of daily living
• We perform simple dressings not requiring nursing skills