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Home Care Services
This is a service by a non-professional person who has completed a minimum of 60 hours of classroom instruction prior to or during the first 3 months of employment. This also include aides who are carefully trained in methods of assisting patients to achieve maximum self-reliance, principles of nutrition and meal preparation, the aging process and emotional problems of illness, changes in patient's condition that should be reported, work of the agency and the health team, ethics, confidentiality and record keeping. Depending on availability, the home health aide is assigned to a particular patient/client by a registered nurse. Written instructions for patient care is also prepared by a registered nurse or appropriate personnel. Duties include the performance of simple procedures as an extension of therapy services, personal care, ambulation and exercise, household services essential to health care at home, assistance with medications that are ordinarily self-administered, reporting changes in the patient's conditions and needs and completing appropriate records as required.
Some of our Home Care Services include:
- Enrichment Programs
- Bathing
- Dressing
- Grooming
- Meal planning and preparation
- Medication reminders
- Light housekeeping
- Laundry - ironing
- Companionship and conversation
- Appointment setting and reminders
- Walking assistance
- Appointment escort
- Range of motion exercises
- Mobility assistance
- Shopping - grocery and general
- Writing/correspondence
- Reading
- Entertainment assistance
- Care of house plants
- Crafts
- Monitor diet and eating habits
- Oversee home deliveries
- Coordinate lawn care
- Read newspapers, magazines and books
- Play movies
- Incidental transportation
- Attend lectures, plays and concerts
- Airline departure and arrival assistance
- Plan visits, outings and trips
- Linens changes
- Vacuuming
- Dry cleaning drop off and pick up
- Organize/clean closets and pantries
- Assist with pet care
- Travel planning assistance
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