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NHC HomeCare Athens
Address:584 S Congress Pkwy, Athens, TN 37303
Main Phone: (423) 745-4246
A different kind of care that ensures you’re surrounded by people who make a difference in your life.
Our registered nurses, therapists, and home health aides are here to help you live comfortably in your home. They work with patients and families to identify key ways to maximize independence and learn to live comfortably in your home.
Nursing services include:
- Medication & health monitoring
- Patient education
- Wound care
- Ostomy care
- Pain management
- Palliative care
Physical, Occupational, and Speech Therapy services include:
- Home exercise programs
- Therapeutic exercises
- Fall risk management
- Strengthening and balance exercises
- Post-surgical mobility care
- Heart and lung deficiency exercises
- Prevention, diagnosis, and rehabilitation of communication and swallowing
Home Health Aides provide compassionate care and supervision of routine daily activities during recovery from surgery or an illness, such as:
- Bathroom safety
- Getting dressed
- Eating
- Personal Hygiene
- Prescribed exercise programs
- Light housekeeping
Social workers can help provide constructive support to patients and their families. Working closely with nurses and therapists, they advise on a number of home health care issues, including:
- Identifying local support programs and services
- Transferring to alternate levels of care
- Proposing coping strategies for patients and their families
- Helping to find financial assistance resources
- Providing counseling for emotional difficulties
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