Holy Redeemer Health System

Programs: Healthcare -- holy redeemer hospital is a 242-bed hospital with a staff of more than 500 physicians. We also provide comprehensive outpatient community-based diagnostics, home health services, and rehabilitation programs that bring compassion and caring directly into the community. Our physicians and surgeons are well known for their expertise and have earned the hospital an outstanding reputation for medical excellence. We provide an excellent service in cardiology, oncology, orthopedics, obstetrics, pediatrics, diagnostics and rehabilitation services, and emergency care from pediatric to geriatric. The hospitals patient admissions or cases for the year were 10,090, for a total patient service days of 50,341. There were 5,836 surgical cases performed, both inpatient and outpatient. Outpatient service cases performed was 115,249.

lifecare -- our long term care facilities, holy redeemer lafayette and holy redeemer saint joseph manor, provides services to older adults at different levels of care. The lafayette is a wonderful option for adults who desire to maintain an independent lifestyle with the added assurance that medical, social and religious services are available. The facility offers 240 lovely private rental apartments set on a beautiful campus adjacent to the woods of pennypack park. Fifty-six personal care units are also available, and the lafayette's 120-bed long term care facility provides a seamless transition if the need for skilled nursing care arises. The lafayette is also a site for holy redeemer's outpatient rehabilitation center, which offers speech, occupational and physical therapy. Saint joseph manor has been providing compassionate nursing and assisted living care to older adults since 1937. The manor offers 66 personal care units, and 296 long term care skilled nursing services and a dementia unit. Adjacent to holy redeemer hospital and medical center, residents have convenient access to physicians, diagnostic and emergency services. Both the manor and lafayette are medicare and medicaid certified. Total occupancy in both facilities equate to 95. 2% in nursing, 88. 8% in personal care, and 81. 4% in independent.

homecare -- homecare provides: 1. Specialized nursing care delivered by our highly-trained nursing staff with a compassionate approach; 2. Therapy services by our specialized rehabilitation therapists who offer a variety of therapies to meet the unique needs of each patient; 3. Lifeassess program, a comprehensive assessment, education, support and rehabilitation program that identifies and treats older adults who are at risk for four of the most common geriatric syndromes depression, dementia, falls risk and incontinence allowing them to live safely at home; 4. Heartassess program, designed to improve quality of life for heart failure patients by helping them focus on the most important aspects of managing their heart failure at home. Patients are taught symptom and medication management and are assigned home health care nurses to help with medications, diet, disease management and assisting with lifestyle changes; 5. Breathe easy program, allows patients who suffer from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd) to better manage their condition at home, improving their overall quality of life; and, 6. Telemonitoring, an advanced system available to remotely monitor vital information, such as blood pressure, heart rate, weight and blood oxygen levels for cardiac patients or any patients who need additional supervision. Results are automatically transmitted to a homecare nurse who will perform triage to determine an appropriate plan of action. The hospice division provides pain relief and symptom control appropriate to clinical goals. Psychological and spiritual pains are as significant as physical pain. Addressing all three requires the skills of an interdisciplinary team. The holy redeemer hospice team is guided by the needs and wishes of the patient and family and includes them as important members of the care team. The integrated, multi-disciplinary group includes: patient and family, patients personal physician, hospice medical director, specially trained nurses, medical social workers, pastoral counselors, home health aides, physical, occupational and speech therapists, complementary therapists, volunteers, and bereavement counselors available to assist with the grieving process. A complementary (or alternative) therapy program offers holistic solutions for patients and families. Holy redeemer also offers palliative care services which aim to provide comfort and improve quality of life at any time during the course of a serious advanced illness, often at the same time as a curative or life prolonging treatments. The support and education provided by the palliative care team also provides much needed benefits for family members and caregivers and assists the patient and family to better understand and cope with the illness, and in making choices for care. The support at home service provides practical support, peace of mind and a safe and sound environment. Services include personal care, meal preparation, laundry/light housekeeping, errands and local transportation, mobility and exercise management, companionship and socialization, medication management, wellness, and health maintenance. Homecare nursing admissions for the fiscal year were 5,791 and performed a total of 131,077 service/visits in patients' homes. Hospice service days were 51,664 served on a total of 1,193 patients. Homecare support service hours were 236,213.