Home health care helps individuals live independently for as long as possible. For seniors, home health care can delay the need for long-term nursing care. Home health care can involve skilled nursing care, occupational therapy, physical therapy, behavioral health nursing, and home aid services.

You may find that you do not need medical care, but you may need someone to help with everyday activities such as bathing, dressing, and perhaps even preparing and eating your meals. Home aid services can help with those daily activities as well as monitoring prescriptions and over-the-counter medications.

Studies show that the best place for you to recover from your recent illness or surgery is in the comfort of your own home. But you may need extra help recovering, the kind of help which can only be provided by caring and compassionate health professionals.

Our experienced health care professionals will develop a home health care plan tailored specifically to each individual patient. In creating that plan, Providence Home Health Care will collaborate with your personal physicians and your loved ones to come up with a plan which will put you back on the path to recovery and independence.

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Providence Home Health Care can provide you and your loved one(s) with many services:

Skilled Nursing
Registered Nurses (RN’s) are involved in creating a care plan for the patient with the input of the physicians and family to ensure that all needed aspects of the patients care are actively being addressed. In addition, the RN will continually monitor your progress and adjust your care plan as needed.

Skilled nursing staff will recommend which services would be beneficial to the patient based on the care plan. This plan may include some or all of the following services:

• Diabetic care, management, and education
• Post surgical recovery
• Ongoing wound care
• Cardiac care
• Medication management

Behavioral Health
A Behavioral Health Nurse cares for patients who are acutely unwell or have an enduring mental health problem.

The behavioral health nurse can provide any or all of the following services:

• Assess signs and symptoms of psychological needs
• Formulate individual care plan
• Provide supportive therapy for dementia, depression, anxiety, etc
• Provide ongoing education regarding behavioral issues
• Coordinate other resources
• Provide skilled intervention when needed
• Monitor medication compliance

Physical Therapy
Physical Therapy is a form of treatment consisting of exercising specific parts of the body such as the back, legs, arms, hands or neck. Physical therapists evaluate the patient’s level of functioning and help to improve their function.

The patient’s goals may include:

• Increase in strength
• Increase in range of motion
• Partial or complete rehabilitation of the musculoskeletal system to improve function 

Home Health Aid Services
Under the direction of an RN or Physical Therapist, our highly trained Home Health Aides will follow the patient’s individualized care plan by providing any or all of the following services:

• Prepare a special diet and assist with feeding
• Monitor ongoing conditions
• Assist with daily exercise and rehabilitation activities
• Identify and report symptoms requiring attention
• Assist with bathing, dressing, and hair care
• Assist with toileting including caring for a catheter or ostomy bag

Occupational Therapy
Occupational therapists work with the disabled, the elderly, newborns, school-aged children, and anyone who has a permanent or temporary impairment in their physical or mental functioning. Occupational therapy can retrain and restore an individual’s functioning to individual optimum level. The purpose is to help patients perform daily tasks in their living and working environments.

Do I need Home Health Care?
Your physician may recommend additional home health care services. Additionally, you or a loved one may decide that extra help with daily personal care, for example, would be beneficial to you for a period of time.

You may need home health care if you or a loved one:

• Have questions about medications, even after the doctor’s visit
• Made a recent visit to the emergency rrom
• Were recently diagnosed with a health condition or illness
• Are concerned about a non-healing wound
• Have been diagnosed with diabetes and want to learn more about diabetic management
• Feel anxious, confused, or have insomnia
• Experience increased weakness, lower back or extremities pain, or recent or increased falls
• Require more care than you currently have
• Need help with daily activities like bathing, cooking, etc.

If you still aren’t sure whether or not you need extra help, feel free to call our 24 hour service line.

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