Services
SKILLED NURSING
Regularand Licensed Vocational Nurses Services Include:
- Initial and ongoing skilled assessment with teaching and management about the disease process.
- Medication teaching including the administration of injections, intravenous (IV) and antibiotic therapy, oral medication monitoring and instructions.
- Provide direct care of wounds, decubitus, and ostomy (including dressing changes).
- Diabetic management including education on diet, short and long term care needs, control and preventive measures with possible complications.
- Urinary catheter insertion, changes, and irrigation.
- Care of gastrostomy, jejunotomy, and nasogastric tubes.
- Pain management and lab specimen collection.
Physical Therapy
Registered physical therapists provide services which include:
- Initial and ongoing evaluations related to – motor dysfunctions, muscle strength, endurance, mobility, walking ability, range of motion and joint disorders.
- Build strength and improve mobility and home safety.
- Functional mobility
- Reduce muscle tremors, spasticity and joint stiffness.
- Use of medical equipment such as walker, canes patient lifts, wheelchairs and prosthetic. Also training for safe transfer, ambulation and activities of living.
- Proper body mechanics to reduce injury and pain.
- Ultrasound, heat and cold therapy and to reduce pain.
- Home exercise programs designed for individual use
- Fall risk reduction, through balance training and recommendations on safety
Occupational Therapy
Registered occupational therapists include:
- Initial and ongoing evaluations related to – self-care abilities, upper body strength, mobility, daily living skills, adaptive equipment needs and use of coordination, balance and perceptual-motor abilities.
- Pain assessment and management
- Bathing, dressing, grooming
- Energy conservation exercises.
- Self-care ability improvement.
- Home Safety
- Grooming and bathing skills improvement.
- Splinting and muscle re-education and deformity correction and minimization.
Speech Therapy
Licensed Speech Therapists and Pathologists provide services, which include:
- Initial and ongoing assessments, interventions, hearing impairment, neurological disorders, stuttering, swallowing difficulties and comprehension ability impairments.
- Communication techniques.
- Language
- Adaptive speech devices
- Patient education
- Eating and swallowing techniques
Medical Social Services
Medical Social Workers provide services to include:
- Help and support to patient, family and caregivers in social and emotional problems.
- Case Management
- Crisis intervention
- Emotional support to cope with problems relating to patient’s illiness
- Support and assistance in legal and financial concerns (Durable Power of Attorney, DNR, and Living Will)
- Identify and provide community resources.
- Use of short and long-term counseling with crisis intervention.
- Short and long-term health care planning including benefit and insurance.
Home Health Aid/Companion
Provides services which include:
- Light Personal Care which includes monitoring of bathing, dressing and grooming, and medication reminders.
- Daily Errands & Transportation
- Light Housekeeping
- Meal Preparation
- Companionship and conversation including reading together, games and puzzles, cooking together and watching TV
- Pet Care
- Matching the appropriate caregiver
- Daily routines
- Health and medication issues
- Emergency response
- Transportation needs
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