First-Rate Home Health Care

Physical Therapy

The practice of physical therapy includes:

• Measurement or testing of the function of the musculoskeletal or neurological system
• Rehabilitative treatment concerned with restoring function or preventing disability caused by illness, injury, or birth defect
• Treatment, consultative, educational, or advisory services to reduce the incidence or severity of disability or pain to enable, train, or retrain a person to perform the independent skills and activities of daily living

Occupational Therapy

The practice of occupational therapy includes:

• Application of therapeutic goal-directed activities in treating patients on an individual basis, in groups, or through social systems by means of direct or monitored treatment or consultation

Using Therapeutic Goal-Directed Activities To:

• Evaluate, prevent, or correct physical dysfunction
• Evaluate and treat a person whose ability to perform the tasks of living is threatened or impaired by developmental deficits, sensory impairment, physical injury, or illness
• Maximize function in a person’s life

Speech Therapy

Speech-language pathologists treat speech, sound, and motor speech disorders, stuttering, voice disorders, aphasia and other language impairments, cognitive disorders, social communication disorders, and swallowing (dysphagia) deficits.

Speech therapy is designed to ameliorate, restore, or rehabilitate speech-language communication and swallowing disorders that have been lost or damaged as a result of a chronic, acute exacerbation of a medical condition due to a recent injury, disease or other medical conditions, or congenital anomalies or injuries.

Community Care Health Agency also provides community services. These services are:

• Home- and community-based services to people with related conditions as a cost-effective alternative to placement in an intermediate care facility for individuals with an intellectual disability or a related condition
• Nontechnical, medically related personal care services provided to adults whose health problems cause them to be functionally limited in performing activities of daily living, according to a statement of medical need
• Services to support families caring for children and young adults who are medically dependent and to encourage de-institutionalization of children in nursing facilities

Personal Care

Household Services

• Errands such as grocery shopping and picking up prescriptions
• General house cleaning duties
• Laundry washing and folding
• Social support and companionship

Specialized Therapies

Community Care Health Agency also provides the following specialized therapies to our clients in our Community Support Services program:

• Aquatic Therapy
• Massage Therapy
• Music Therapy
• Recreational Therapy
• Therapeutic Horse Back Riding

Skilled RNs and LVNs

Registered professional nurses assess patients and perform care plans according to the patient’s physician orders. RNs and LVNs visit the patient at home to carry out these orders on a regular basis by providing wound care, disease care, diet, medication, pain management, and more. They also coordinate patient care, make necessary referrals, report to physician/other staff members the changes in the patient needs, and evaluate outcomes of the care plan. Our RNs and LVNs also perform on-call responsibilities and provide on-call services to patients 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Certified Nursing Aides

Our home health aides provide personal health care and related services such as assisting with bathing, dressing, and other personal hygiene needs to the patient in their place of residence. They assist in providing a safe and clean environment, work cooperatively with the patient, their family, and share observations and problems with the registered nurse. The home health aide works under the direction and supervision of a registered nurse.

Licensed Medical Social Workers

Our MSWs assess the home health patient to identify psychosocial, financial, environmental, and community needs. They help patients utilize available resources of family and community. They perform psychosocial assessments, analysis, counseling, and referrals to meet the needs of the patient.