When care comes home
If your physician decides that home health care is right for you, after an injury or illness, NHC Home Care is here for you. Our experienced team of nurses and therapists are dedicated to provide our patients with the knowledge, skills and care they need to recover, take charge of their own health and be able to remain safely at home.
Most people who require these services are recovering from an illness, injury, surgery or are living with chronic medical conditions with acute changes requiring frequent changes in medication or other treatment. Nurses are available on-call to patients 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Home Health Care Services, provided by Registered Nurses and Licensed Practical Nurses, include:
- Patient assessment
- Medication monitoring
- Intravenous infusions
- Wound care
- Ostomy care
- Catheter care
- Pain management
- Palliative care
- Patient Education
- Care giver education
Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech Therapy
- Home exercise program
- Therapeutic exercises
- Fall prevention programs
- Strengthening and balance exercises
- Post-surgical care to improve mobility
- Heart and Lung deficit exercises
Home Care is available, with a physician’s order, to patients who meet the qualifying criteria of the following payers:
- Medicare / Medicaid
- Managed Care
- Private Insurance