Home Care Services

A registered nurse continually evaluates a patient's needs and works closely with them and their family to determine the best ways to meet these needs. Services include:

• Teaching and supervising the family in assisting with the patient's health care needs
• Updating the primary care provider on patient status
• Coordinating services for the patient with other interdisciplinary team members

Our certified wound, ostomy and continence nurses continually evaluate and monitor a patient's wound and ostomy needs. Services include:

• Evaluating and monitoring skin and wound care needs
• Managing pressure sores
• Instructing family on wound/ostomy care
• Assisting in the management of urinary and fecal incontinence
• Controlling and managing fistulas, draining tubes and high-output wounds

Mental Health Nursing Services

A trained psychiatric nurse:

• Provides an initial evaluation under the direction of the treating physician
• Schedules follow-up visits
• Facilitates supportive psychotherapy, manages medication and monitors therapeutic drugs

Specially-trained nurses, under the direction of the patient's primary care provider, provide intravenous therapy for patients. Services include:

• Offering clinical pharmacy services
• Providing reimbursement management

Therapies provided include:

• IV antibiotic and antiviral
• Hydration
• Parenteral nutrition
• Pain management
• IV immunoglobulin

Registered physical therapists assist in patient care and rehabilitation as prescribed by the patient's physician. Services include:

• Planning and implementing a restorative exercise program
• Training in transfer, gait and prosthetics
• Evaluating the home environment and recommending modifications for safety
• Evaluating for use of equipment
• Instructing patient and family on how to continue the prescribed exercise program
• Monitoring and reporting patient's progress to their physician

Occupational therapists assist the physician in determining a patient's ability to perform activities of daily living and help patients regain independence through teaching self-care activities.Services include:

• Evaluating fine motor skills
• Determining need for prosthetic devices
• Teaching self-care activities such as dressing,cooking and writing
• Coaching a patient on the use of prosthetics,braces and assistive devices
• Developing a therapeutic plan with the patient and their family
• Monitoring and reporting the patient's progress to their physician

A master's level speech pathologist, certified by the American Speech and Hearing Association, provides speech therapy to qualified patients. Services include:

• Assisting the physician in the evaluation of speech or language problems
• Recommending corrective therapy
• Planning a program to improve or reestablish verbal communication
• Assisting with swallowing disorders
• Teaching patients and families how to participate in a therapy program

Home care social workers assist in evaluating social and emotional factors that affect a patient's health. Services include:

• Helping the patient understand, accept and follow the physician's plan of care
• Working with community resources to provide the best possible living environment
• Assistance in locating alternative financing for medication and other medical needs

A specially-trained clinician, certified in diabetes education, will provide evaluation and individualized instruction for patients with diabetes. Services include:

• Assessing the patient's condition
• Educating individual on disease management
• Setting individual goals
• Making food and nutrition recommendations
• Evaluating outcomes

A nursing assistant, under the supervision of a registered nurse, provides patients with personal care services to ensure a safe environment.Services include:

• Assisting with bathing
• Aiding in dressing
• Assisting with exercise programs
• Assisting with other activities of daily living