Our Comprehensive Nursing and Home Care Services
Physical Therapy
Physical Therapy (PT), also known as physiotherapy, is one of the allied health professions that, by using evidence based kinesiology, exercise prescription, mobilization, electrical and physical agents, treats acute or chronic pain, movement and physical impairments resulting from injury, trauma or illness. Physical therapy is used to improve a patient's physical functions through physical examination, diagnosis, prognosis, patient education, physical intervention and rehabilitation.
Occupational Therapy
Occupational Therapy (OT) is a health care profession that, "helps people across their lifespan participate in the things they want and need to do through the therapeutic use of everyday activities (occupations). Common occupational therapy interventions include helping children with disabilities to participate fully in school and social situations, injury rehabilitation, and providing supports for older adults experiencing physical and cognitive changes.
Speech Therapy
Speech Therapy (ST) also called speech and language therapy is a health care professional that is used to treat a variety of disorders related to producing speech and other oral motor functions. A person who provides speech therapy may help young students learn to overcome a stutter, or more commonly they might help geriatric patients re-learn how to swallow properly after a stroke or cardio-vascular accident (CVA).
Medical Social Workers
Medical Social Work (MSW) Medical social workers typically work in a hospital, outpatient clinic, Home health agency, skilled nursing facility, long-term care facility or hospice. They work with our patients and their families in need of psychosocial help. Medical social workers assess the psychosocial functioning of patients and families and intervene, as necessary. Interventions may include connecting patients and families to necessary resources and support in the community such as preventive care; providing psychotherapy, supportive counseling, or grief counseling; or helping a patient to expand and strengthen their network of social supports.
PERSONAL CARE SERVICE
PERSONAL CARE SERVICE is the care of clients in their residence providing assistance in activities of daily living (ADL’s) to include bathing, grooming, skin care, toileting care, dressing, transfer coordination, self-medication assistance and vital signs recording. These services are provided by CNAs (Certified Nurse Aides) or HHAs (Home Health Aides) and may be paid by private pay, private insurance, or Medicaid waivers. Personal care services are not covered by Medicare.
Homemaker Companion
This service offers vital, nonmedical personnel designed to promote the continuance of quality of life, specifically engaged to focus on an individual’s ability to live an active, safe, and healthy lifestyle. Services can include safety monitoring to prevent falls, communicating current events, light housekeeping, reading, and more.
Respite Care
This service relieves the primary caregiver to an ill or disabled family/friend in an effort to reduce burnout and stress. Respite Care can be provided hourly, daily, weekly, or intermittently from the most dedicated and caring staff available.