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What Is It?
Home Health care includes part-time or intermittent Skilled Nursing care, as well as other skilled services, such as Physical, Occupational, and Speech-Language Therapy. Services may also include Medical Social Services, and assistance from a Home Health Aide in conjunction with your skilled care.
Why Use It?
Healthcare professionals from MedSide work with you and your doctor to evaluate your health care needs and develop your plan of care. The plan of care tells you what Home Health services you need. MedSide will provide you with all the Home Health care listed in your plan of care. MedSide staff will teach you (or your authorized representative) how to maintain your independence at home.
What Are Its Goals?
Home Health care helps individuals, particularly seniors and those with disabilities, live independently for as long as possible. In general, the goal of Home Health care is to provide treatment for an illness or injury; to restore an individual back to their initial level of functioning; and to prevent hospitalizations. It helps patients get better, regain their independence, and become as self-sufficient as possible. If you have long-term health problems, the goal of Home Health care is to maintain your highest level of ability or health, and help you learn to manage your illness or injury.
What Medical Conditions Would Benefit from Using Home Health Services?
Patients who are suffering from one of the following medical conditions would benefit from using Home Health Services:
| Diabetes | Pneumonia | Coronary Problems |
| Heart Failure | Anemia | Vascular Problems |
| High Blood Pressure | Surgical Implants | Vein Thrombosis |
| Chest Pain | Stroke | Parkinson Disease |
| Shortness of Breath | Gout | Depression |
| Wounds, Stomas, Ulcers, Burns | Recent Surgical Procedures | Swallowing Difficulties |
What Medical Services Can Be Provided To Me At Home?
The following types of Medical Services are available from MedSide:
Skilled Nursing
- Patient and family education
- Vital signs monitoring
- Disease and medication management
- Wound/Ostomy/Tracheostomy care and dressing changes
- Injections
- Intravenous therapy
- Oxygen management
- Blood and specimen collection
- Catheter care
- Nutrition management
- Pain management
- Tube Feedings
- Monitoring of hydration, bowel, and bladder functions
Physical Therapy
- Patient and family education
- Evaluate and establish rehabilitation program
- Establish Home Exercise Program
- Therapeutic exercises
- Transfer training
- Gait and balance training
- DME training and techniques
- Pre-prosthetic and prosthetic training
- Muscle re-education
- Rehabilitation after surgery
- Bed mobility and transfer
- Strengthening and therapeutic exercises
Occupational Therapy
- Patient and family education
- Activities of Daily Living training
- Fine motor coordination
- Establish and modify Home Exercise Program
- Therapeutic exercises and techniques
- Functional mobility
- Transfer training
- Neurodevelopmental treatment
- Sensory treatment
- Upper body balance training
- Muscle re-education
- Perceptual motor training
- DME training and techniques
- Splinting and prosthetic training
Speech Therapy
- Patient and family education
- Safe swallowing evaluation
- Voice disorders
- Speech articulation disorders
- Dysphagia treatments
- Language disorders
- Non-oral communication
- Language processing
- Food texture recommendations
- Teach and develop communication system
Medical Social Work Services
- Provide patient and family education and counseling
- Assist with access to community resources
- Assist with financial concerns and emotional support
- Assist nursing staff in providing supportive measures and services
Home Health Aide Services
- Assist with bathing, dressing, grooming, shaving, and deodorant application
- Caring for hair, nail, foot, ear, oral hygiene, and skin care with non-medicated lotion or powder
- Changing bed linens of an incontinent patient
- Assistance with feeding and elimination (including routine catheter and colostomy care)
- Assistance with ambulation, transfers and simple exercises, changing position in bed
- Assist with medication reminders and perform simple dressing changes
