Skilled Care Services - Care in the Home assists seniors to remain independent in their own homes.

Skilled Care Services

Care in the home health services provides quality skilled nursing care by working closely with the client's physician to determine the most effective treatment plan. Our nursing professionals are committed to excellence in home healthcare. Many elements are involved in a successful treatment plan and we pay careful attention to each of them to provide coordinated and effective care. Our nursing staff is keenly aware of their critical role in the patient's medical care. We recognize that the medical field is continually changing and making new discoveries, especially in the fields of wound care, pain management, Parkinson's Disease, Alzheimer's Disease, and in geriatrics. Our staff takes pride in being on top of the latest developments.

Skilled Nurse Responsibilities

Communicate directly with your physician on a regular basis

Perform comprehensive in-home assessments to ensure that all of the proper care is given

Collaborate with client, family, doctor, and other care providers to form an appropriate home care plan

Educate and assist the client and family in regards to stabilization of new illnesses or exacerbation of chronic illnesses

Implement short term personalized in-home medical management, including the teaching of medication uses and side effects

Occupational Therapy (OT)

An OT is trained to help individuals learn ways to cope with or compensate for limitations in performing activities of daily living. Often prescribed by a physician, an OT can help teach someone to use a walking device or other rehabilitative equipment. OTs can help train both the care recipient and caregiver in techniques to improve mobility or make household routines easier.

Rehabilitation Therapy

Whether the client has undergone hip replacement, has suffered a stroke, or requires improvements in strength, our rehabilitation program will help our patients reach their goals in the comfort of their own home.

Physical Therapy (PT)

Physical Therapists' are usually prescribed by a physician to assist a person with a disability or physical injury to improve the patients physical functioning. PTs have extensive training in anatomy and musculature and can teach exercises designed to promote or restore strength. PTs may use equipment, training materials, massage or other techniques. A PT may also be useful in training caregivers in safe lifting transfer techniques.

Speech Therapy (ST)

These rehabilitative therapists assist individuals with communication disorders resulting from disease, injury, surgical intervention or a stroke. Speech therapists help their clients regain lost speech, cope with aphasia, and learn special techniques to aide in swallowing, and speaking.

Blood Draw (Phlebotomy)

Care in the Home Health Services offers phlebotomy services on a private pay basis as ordered by the client's physician. Phlebotomy services may still be needed for homebound individuals after discharge from a facility or home health nursing care covered by Medicare or insurance.

Wound Care

Care in the home health services provides a comprehensive approach to wound care to promote prompt healing. It is important to know there are can be many causes for non-healing open wounds including:

Non-healing surgical sites

Diabetic skin ulcers

Venous stasis ulcers caused by veins not returning properly

Too much unrelieved pressure on a area resulting in a pressure sore.

But whatever the cause, the skill and experience of the nursing professionals at Care in the Home Health services is your assurance that these troublesome and debilitating wounds will receive the best possible care.