Who qualifies for home care services?
To be eligible to receive QHHC skilled home care services, patients must meet several criteria, including:
• Must have a homebound status (difficulty leaving or moving about without assistance).
• Must be under the care of a physician.
• Must require additional care following a recent hospital or nursing home discharge.
• Must have short-term health needs.
Skilled Nursing:
The QHHC nursing staff specializes in disease management and education. They provide skilled services for patients, supervise other QHHC caregivers and coordinate patient care with the physician. Our nurses provide many services, including:
• Skilled assessment • Phlebotomy services • Teaching disease process • Wound care/dressing changes • Medication management/instruction • Catheter care • Wound VAC therapy • Infusion therapy • Intestinal therapy • Certified wound/ostomy • Bowel and bladder program • Medical supplies
Therapy Options
QHHC offers a full range of therapy options to help reduce patient recovery time and assist with problems that accompany illness or inhibit recovery. Our team consists of skilled physical, occupational and speech/language therapists
who provide a number of services:
Physical Therapy
• Anodyne Therapy System*
• Aqua Relief System**
• Gait training & exercises
• Tens unit
• Balance and transfer training
• Rehabilitation techniques
• Home exercise programs
• Symptom control education
• Ultrasound therapy
*Pain relief system designed to stimulate healing and relieve pain
**Pain relief system designed to manage pain and increase circulation using heat and cold therapy
Occupational Therapy
• Daily living activities
• Work simplification
• Fine motor coordination
• Orthotics/splinting
• Adaptive equipment
Speech Therapy
• Voice disorder treatments
• Speech articulation
• Swallowing treatments
• Language disorders
• Memory retraining
• Cognitive retraining
Medical Social Worker
Medical social workers lend support to patients and families with coordination of community resources, short-term and transitional counseling and alternative
living (assisted living or nursing facility) needs assessments.
• Assessment of social and emotional factors related to illness
• Community resource coordination
• Brief individual and family therapy sessions
• Needs assessment for alternative (assisted living and nursing facilities)
• Transitional counseling
Home Health Aide
Home health aides are available to assist with patient personal care needs, including personal hygiene. They also provide light housekeeping and meal preparation.
• Assistance to patient personal care needs
(under the supervision of a nurse)
• Personal hygiene
• Preparation of light meals
• Light housekeeping Dieticians
QHHC dieticians develop personal nutrition plans to improve patient health. Services include culturally sensitive nutritional assessments and plans as well as nutrition counseling and education.
• Nutritional assessment
• Culturally sensitive nutritional plan of care
• Educational and resource materials
• Counseling |