Reasons to Use Home Health
- Patients with a new medical diagnosis or medication that may still require education or instruction
- Post-hospitalized patients needing further evaluation, assessment and/or teaching
-Recent stroke patients requiring physical, speech or occupational therapy
- Patients having recent surgery resulting in the need for short term, intermittent skilled care
- Individu
als with a history of frequent falls
- Individuals with a recent illness changing functional ability
- Patients having hip or knee surgery
- Home Health is less expensive and can often be just as effective as care in a hospital or a skilled nursing facility
Eligibility & Criteria
- Care ordered by a physician
- Patient has need for a skilled service (RN, ST, PT)
- Must have a face to face encounter with physician
- Meet Homebound status – leaves home infrequently or for a short duration and requires considerable and taxing effort. Going to church, doctor's appointment, and occasional outings permitted.
- Patients may leave home for medical necessity, religious purposes and occasional absences for nonmedical purpose. Rehabilitation
- Physical Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Speech Therapy
- Anodyne Therapy
Skilled Services
Our licensed nursing staff is on call for emergency 24-hours a day and available nights, weekends and holidays
- IV Therapy
- Wound Vac
- Compression Pump
- Lab Draws and Specimen Samples Disease Management and Education
- Diabetes
- Congestive Heart Failure
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- Fall Prevention
- Wound Care Management
Referrals
Anyone – Family, friends, doctors, clinics or hospitals can request Home Health Services. A nurse will do an assessment and develop a plan of care with your doctor.