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Causes: Health, Home Health Care
Mission: To maintain optimal health and quality of life for the persons we serve by partnering with communities to offer cost-effective, quality services in a compassionate, professional manner.
Programs: Home care - for more than 50 years, our staff of registered nurses, therapists, and medical social workers have provided patient care in the comfort of the patient's home. In 2014, we provided home health services to 4,950 patients, 46,907 skilled nursing visits, 30,089 physical therapy visits, 10,790 occupational therapy visits, 6,492 home health aid visits, 891 speech therapy visits, and 1,549 medical social workers visits. Our staff is experienced and professional with advanced, specialized education and certifications in order to provide the patient with excellent quality care. In addition to skilled nursing care, we provide several specialized nursing services including life's journey - palliative care, cardiac care, wound care, and tele-health monitoring. We also provide home rehabilitation services including physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy. We strive to provide excellent care in the home and continue to look at ways to improve and new ways to deliver care to patients.
home medical equipment & respiratory - community home health services provides a wide variety of home medical equipment which enables patients to live comfortably and safely at home. When our patients receive their equipment, they also receive comprehensive education on the operation, safety, and maintenance of the equipment. The sale of such equipment is to patients of community health network. For our respiratory services, our highly skilled respiratory therapists and staff provide management of sleep disorders and respiratory services, such as, respiratory and oxygen equipment, inhalation therapy services, and cpap/bipap sleep disorder programs. In 2014, we had an estimated daily census of 1,491 patients on oxygen, an estimated daily census of 843 for cpap, and an estimated daily census of 43 for apnea monitors.
hospice - hospice care is for patients that have an illness or condition with a life expectancy of six months or less and an absence of curative treatment. Our staff are dedicated to provide high quality of life at the end stages and will help support the patient and the family in meeting their physical, emotional, and spiritual needs. Through our staff of registered nurses, home health aides, medical social workers, therapists, and chaplains, in 2014, we provided care to 1,077 patients and approximately 3,198 bereavement patients. We had a total of 33,353 days that included 2,221 inpatient days and 233 respite days. In hospice, we provide many services, including pain control and symptom management, medical director support, registered nursing care, emotional and spiritual counseling, home health aide support, volunteer assistance, diet consultation, pharmacy support, and bereavement support for the family.
other program services include infusion and flu.