Regional Home Health & Hospice

Programs: The regional home health and hospice exists to care for the homebound by 1) cooperating with referring entities and physicians to provide continuity of care. 2) assessing the physical, emotional, social, financial and material needs and resources of patients and their caregivers. 3) providing appropriate services, including: skilled nursing, wound care, iv therapy, psychiatric nursing, physical therapy, speech therapy, occupational therapy, medical social service and home health aide services. 4) teaching patients and their caregiver(s) ways in which they may be able to function at their maximum potential. 5) utilizing community resources. The regional home health and hospice services focus on meeting the emotional, social, physical, and spiritual needs of patients with a life limiting illness. Hospice services are designed for patients with a prognosis of 6 months or less, should their disease follow its normal course. Hospice services are designed to meet the needs of the patient, and their family. Patient and family needs are met through an interdisciplinary team which includes the attending physician, hospice medical director, rn, cna, social worker, spiritual care coordinator, bereavement counselor, and volunteers. Available resources may also include physical, occupational and speech therapy, dieticians, and others to meet a patients needs. The regional home health and hospice provides care to hospice patients in their private homes, assisted living, personal care homes, skilled nursing facilities, or anywhere the patient may call home. Regional home health and hospice provides all medical equipment and medications related to the patients hospice diagnosis. There is a regional home health and hospice nurse working 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. A patient or caregiver can call hospice any time of the day or night and a nurse can come to their home. Regional home health and hospice provides routine hospice services, as well as respite, general inpatient services, and continuous care. The regional home health and hospice provides services in erie, crawford and warren counties, for a coverage area of 2,695 miles. The daily census of regional home health and hospice is typically over 400 patients and the regional home health and hospice team makes over 5,000 visits annually. The regional home health and hospice team travels over 540,000 miles a year and is the equivalent of 21 trips around the globe each year. The regional home health and hospice employs 120 employees.