Holy Redeemer Visiting Nurse Agency

Programs: 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.

hospice seeks neither to hasten nor postpone death. Pain relief and symptom control are appropriate 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.