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home health care team works with physicians
to bring modern home health to patients in the
special warmth of their home. Home care delays or eliminates the need
for care in a hospital or long-term care facility, provides preventive
medicine, is typically less costly than inpatient care, and encourages a
high degree of participation by the patient and/or family member
receiving care. Receiving care at home brings rest and reassurance to
patients and their loved ones.
 Services
offered to home health patients include:
- Case management
- Disease state
management and education
- Community referrals
- Rehabilitation services
- Restorative care
- Supportive counseling
- Pediatric care
- Intravenous therapy
- Pain management
- Wound and Ostomy care
- Cardiac assessment
and monitoring
- Diabetes management
- Nutrition counseling
Referrals &
requests for service are accepted from family members, patients,
hospitals, nursing homes, physician offices and clinics and community
agencies. A doctor’s order is needed before home health services can
begin.
24-Hour Service
A nurse is on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Directed by a
patient's physician, nurses are able to perform dressing changes, wound
care, IV infusions, central line catheter care, burn care, diabetic
teaching, injections, incision care, tube feedings, assessments, vital
sign monitoring, medication teaching and health
education. Our nurses can provide specialty care for patients with
virtually any medical diagnosis. Their expertise is matched to a
patient's special needs.
OSF’s
Home Health Agencies are accredited by the
Joint Commission of
Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO), are
Medicare-certified
and are members of the
National Association of Home Care.
In Illinois, the agencies are licensed by
the Illinois
Department of Public Health and are members of the
Illinois Home Care Council. Our agency in Michigan, is a member of
the
Michigan Home Health Association.
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