Enhabit Home Health is a premier Medicare-certified home health and hospice service provider, providing skilled nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy services.
Hospice care this company provides specializes in end-of-life support services and includes professional teams, interdisciplinary care, pain management medications, and spiritual counseling services.
Skilled Nursing
Skilled nursing services provide home health care providers with hospital-like services for patients in their homes, including injections and medication monitoring.
Skilled nursing care can only be found within facilities that comply with regulations established by the U.S. Department of Health and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, such as hospitals, Life Plan Communities, or certified nursing homes.
Healthcare at this higher level is designed for individuals who require treatment for complex medical issues that change quickly, such as those recovering from severe injuries or surgeries. It may include providing intensive rehabilitation following severe trauma.
Skilled nursing services seek to assist their patients in regaining independence and making meaningful improvements, often through daily specialty treatments evaluated weekly to measure measurable progress. Services may include tube feeding, wound dressings, and the insertion/removal of urinary catheters, as well as administering medications via injection and providing assistance with bathing/transferring support – None of these services are typically available through home health care, which explains why many choose skilled nursing facilities instead.
Physical Therapy
Home health physical therapy aims to get patients moving again, prevent severe health conditions like chronic pain, and minimize future injuries.
Physical therapy (PT) can be invaluable for patients needing assistance getting around, yet too weak to travel to a clinic safely. Home-based physical therapists offer services tailored to each patient and their unique needs.
Physical therapists, for instance, can work with patients to increase their mobility when moving in and out of bed, reaching cabinets, and using the bathroom. Furthermore, they can help decrease their risk of falls by identifying potentially hazardous obstacles within the home and devising plans to minimize them.
Many patients find having a physical therapist come directly to their house makes them much more at ease. No longer must they arrange child care or take time off work just for appointments, enabling them to focus solely on treatment without distractions from scheduling conflicts and childcare needs. Furthermore, physical therapists can educate caregivers on the best ways to assist their loved one’s journey toward recovery while monitoring symptoms and alerting physicians of any changes that arise in recovery progress.
Occupational Therapy
Home occupational therapy can be invaluable to patients suffering from health conditions that make daily activities difficult, assisting in dressing, bathing, cooking, exercising, and performing other daily tasks. Being treated at home also allows patients to stay in a familiar setting, which may provide comforting support during recovery.
Occupational therapy differs from physical therapy because it focuses on helping individuals do daily activities more independently. Occupational therapists employ several theories and frameworks that consider an individual’s environment and occupation to help restore independence for people with disabilities.
Occupational Therapists teach their patients how to perform everyday household tasks more easily using specialized exercises and adaptive tools, including cooking, bathing, grooming, and grooming routines. They may also educate on making your home safer or coping with functional loss caused by sickness or injury. Their training allows them to target specific muscle groups, so if you are having trouble reaching items above your head, an OT may teach you how to strengthen shoulder muscles and help you reach up.
Home health companies offering occupational therapy will conduct an assessment to create a care plan tailored to your specific needs, which may involve asking about your daily routine and favorite activities and reviewing medical records if available.
Speech Therapy
Speech therapy assists those struggling with swallowing and communication issues caused by age, strokes, or neurological conditions such as Parkinson’s disease. At home health sessions, speech therapists will collaborate with both patient and carer to provide techniques that can be practiced daily – this allows them to focus on making real progress with therapy while eliminating travel-related fatigue.
Home health speech pathologists can use familiar items, like photos or snacks, to make therapy sessions more pleasant. This approach may speed recovery time while building confidence among patients.
Home health speech pathologists provide invaluable emergency communication training. Home health speech therapists work alongside care teams to ensure patients receive proper medical attention in a safe environment, checking vital signs and reporting back to doctors. Furthermore, they may offer counseling on coping with language production or delivery changes.
Medical Social Work
Medical social workers assist patients in managing emotional, family, and financial concerns. Medical social workers play an integral part in identifying patients who might discontinue medications due to high costs or have other financial problems that might require hospitalization again.
These specialists analyze each patient’s needs and create discharge plans tailored specifically to them, such as home care services, counseling, referrals, and any necessary support services. This may also involve making arrangements with home healthcare companies, home medical equipment manufacturers, transportation services, and meal planning. Often, patients who face life-changing diagnoses are emotionally or financially overwhelmed and require professional guidance from medical social workers to cope effectively with life changes that require life-changing diagnoses – providing emotional or financial stability if need be.
Medical social workers provide more than just assessment for each of their patients. In addition to offering psycho-social support, grief counseling, and referrals for additional mental health assistance, they also provide psycho-social support and grief counseling and referrals for mental health assistance when necessary. Some also take on other duties when there is evidence of abuse, such as domestic or sexual assault, by compiling mandatory reports and providing local resources such as shelters or victim advocates for investigation purposes.
Home Health Aide
Home health aides provide custodial care and assist clients with daily bathing, grooming, and housekeeping tasks. In addition, they monitor vital signs such as blood pressure, heart rate, and temperature and operate medical equipment such as wheelchairs or ventilators.
Demand for home health aides is high as elderly and disabled individuals seek alternatives to expensive nursing homes and hospitals. Home health aides may also be less costly than physical therapists or home health nurses; clients may hire one directly or through an agency that handles payroll taxes and insurance and monitors performance issues or resolves them efficiently.
Aides spend most of their time visiting patients’ homes, so they must be adaptable to various living conditions. They may encounter animals or cluttered homes. Cook patients’ meals as prescribed or ensure medications are taken as directed. As many homebound patients suffer depression, companionship from an aide is invaluable – many aides become genuinely impressed at the emotional connections made with patients who become part of their families and relieve stress for everyone involved. This can significantly enhance the quality of life while reducing stress for the families affected.
Hospice Care
Hospice care can provide patients with comforting end-of-life services that honor their wishes, making these final months as peaceful as possible. Hospice includes physical, social, and emotional services delivered by an interdisciplinary team of doctors, nurses, aides, social workers, counselors, and volunteers – and can be provided at home, long-term care facilities such as nursing homes or freestanding hospices.
Hospice teams typically appoint a primary caregiver who will oversee all daily physical needs of their patient, such as turning them in bed and helping with bathing/dressing/showering and bathing them if necessary. This individual could be a family member or friend trained by the hospice to take on this responsibility. Hospice team staff will also introduce their primary caregiver on how and when to take medication and when medical concerns may require professional assistance from them.
Hospice offers additional services, such as spiritual and respite care, to allow caregivers a break. Home health aide visits several times each week are also provided to assist with personal needs such as bathing and grooming assistance, medical supplies for terminal diagnoses, and medications to alleviate discomfort or manage symptoms such as pain.
