'Quality Care in Your Home'

     Home Health Care is a recognized type of professional health care designed to meet medical needs in the comfort and familiarity of one's own residence. Home care is the most efficient form of health care. By bringing health services home, the patient does not generate room and board expenses.

 

Home Health Care professionals provide a variety of services such as Nursing, Physical Therapy, Medical Social Services, Home Health Aide Services and Occupational Therapy & Speech Therapy Services.
 
     
Home Health Provides: Home Health Criteria:
  • Skilled Nursing Services which include system assessment, medication instructions, wound care, diet & disease management.
  • Physical Therapy services including evaluation & treatment, gait & transfer training, establish or upgrade home exercise program.
  • Occupational Therapy Services which include evaluation & treatment, upper extremity rehabilitation, assist with improving independence with activities of daily living.
  • Speech Therapy Service which includes evaluation & treatment of speech and language problems, oral motor muscular problems & voice production.
  • Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA) services which include assist with bathing, grooming, erxercise and meal preperation.
  • Social Services that focus on social & emotional factors related to health condition. Assist with long range planning and community resourses available and working with family members

 To receive Home Health, a patient must have:

  • A skilled nursing or physical therapy need.
  • Physician referral.
  • Homebound: Dependant on type of payor. Definition of homebound is a patient who has difficulty leaving their home, that it is difficult and tasking and only leaves for short periods of time.

Sakakawea Home Health provides free in home evaluations to determine criteria.

Home Health referrals may be initiated by physician, patient, family member or health care professionals.

For more information about Home Health Care services, contact:

Jennifer Wolff , RN

Director of Home Health

(701) 748-7380