Our team of skilled nurses works closely with the patient's physician to develop
an individualized plan of care for each patient. Our nurses provide compassionate
care in the patient's home. They assess and monitor the patient's healthcare needs,
provide education to the patients and their caregivers, and work closely with the
patient's physician to promote continuity of care. Skilled nursing services include
all of the following:
- Patient assessment and coordination of care
- Disease state management teaching
- Infusion Therapy- IV medications, TPN
- Diabetic education
- Urinary catheter insertion and maintenance
- New medication teaching
- Injections
- Wound Care
- Pain management
- Dressing changes
- Ostomy care
Our wound care consultant assists our nursing staff with the evaluation and treatment
of all kinds of wounds. She provides consultation and education for the patient
and the patient's primary caregiver. The wound care consultant helps the nursing
staff with the treatment of the following kinds of wounds:
- Pressure ulcers
- Vascular ulcers
- Draining wounds
- Stomas and fistulas
- Open injury wounds
- Amputations
Our Physical Therapist are highly educated and trained to deliver extensive therapy
services in your home. Whether you have had a joint replacement, a stroke, or another
orthopedic injury, our staff of caring professionals can help you recover quickly
right in the comfort of your own home. Our therapist will work with your physician
to create an individualized therapy plan just for you. Our physical therapy services
include, but are not limited to:
- Gait training
- Balance training
- Strengthening exercises
- Weight bearing exercises
- Post-operative rehabilitation
- Post CVA rehabilitation
- Recommendation and training in assistive device options and use
Anodyne therapy is used for diabetic patients with peripheral neuropathy and patients
with chronic pain or circulatory disorders. It has been approved by the FDA and
studies show that it is effective in restoring sensation, lessening pain, and decreasing
the number of falls a patient has. It works by releasing nitric oxide from the patient's
red blood cells in a targeted area using monochromatic infrared energy. It is proven
to improve circulation and nerve function.
Our Speech Therapists work with patients who have speech and language impairments,
and swallowing problems. Many of these patient's have either had a stroke, traumatic
brain injury, head or neck cancer, Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
(ALS), multiple sclerosis, vocal cord nodules, or another debilitating neuromuscular
disorder. Speech therapists evaluate and provide therapy for the following problems:
- Speech and language disorders (aphasia)
- Swallowing disorders (dysphagia)
- Voice disorders
- Special communication techniques
A patient may qualify for a home health aide if they require assistance with personal
care and are being treated at home by a home health nurse, physical therapist, occupational
therapist, and/or a speech therapist. The primary function of our home health aides
is to provide assistance with personal care and limited household functions to ensure
that the patient is in the safest, most healthful environment possible. Such assistance
may include:
- Help with bathing and dressing
- Help getting in or out of bed
- Help with mouth or hair care
- Assistance with training in self-care techniques
- Helping with exercises
- Changing bed linens
- Preparing a light breakfast or lunch
With special doctor orders a Home Health Aide may provide additional personal care
services, provide laundry service, complete errands and do grocery or other shopping
duties.
Our Licensed Medical Social Workers assist our patients and their families with
assistance in many areas, including but not limited to:
- Providing in-depth assessments of the patient’s mental status
- Providing counseling for patient’s and their families
- Assists caregivers in coping with behaviors and stress
- Acts as a community resource
- Does long term planning
- Performs crisis intervention for patient’s and their families
- Monitors the patient’s compliance with treatment plans and medications
- Evaluates the effectiveness of psychopharmacology
It is the goal of our Occupational Therapists to help our patients regain their
independence in the activities of daily living. These include bathing, dressing,
meal preparation and eating. This enables the patient to remain at home rather than
have to enter into an assisted living facility or a nursing facility. Our Occupation
Therapists will evaluate the patient and teach techniques to improve their level
of independence in their ADL's, and aggressively work with them to restore their
physical function. The patient is sometimes fitted with orthotic devices and taught
the use of self-help devices to help maximize there level of independence. Our occupational
therapy services include, but are not limited to:
- Home safety evaluations
- Sensory-motor evaluation
- ADL training
- Design, fabrication, fitting and training of prosthetic and self-help devices
- Teaching energy conservation skills