HomeCare

Who Benefits from Home Care?

The Organization

1. Delays nursing home placement
2. Earlier discharge from nursing home placement
3. Hospital discharges by-pass nursing home placement
4. Outpatient treatments/surgeries may be cared for at home

The Client

1. Keeps families together
2. Encourages independence
3. Maximizes freedom of choice
4. Involves the individual and family
5. Keeps costs down (1/10 of hospital cost; 1/4 of nursing home cost)

How is HomeCare Delivered?

Using the Team Approach

1. Skilled nurse for assessment, instruction, and performance of treatments.
2. Psychiatric nurses for assessment and instruction of mental status, disease process, medication regime response and side effects, behavioral management, coping/ relaxation/stress management skills etc.
3. Home Health Aide for personal care, assistance with ADL's, therapeutic treatments, reinforcement of therapies.
4. Physical, Occupational, and Speech Therapies
5. Social Workers for coping with grief and loss issues, development of DPOA-HC, financial counseling, long-term planning and decision-making, assistance with transfer to a different level of care, etc.
6. Registered Dietician for assessment/instruction in special diets or weight management.

When to Refer

1. Before scheduled surgery we will:
   -Perform pre-op teaching.
   -Facilitate smooth transition from hospital to home for continuity of care.
   -Develop relationships with discharge planners.
   -Promote emotional support for the entire family.
2. For newly diagnosed or unstable Diabetes we will perform diabetic teaching with the latest techniques in addition
   -Insulin preparation and administration
   -Blood glucose monitoring
   -Care of feet
   -Diet instruction
3. For all acute disease processes including people who require additions or increases in medications:
   -Urinary Tract Infections
   -Upper Respiratory Infections
   -GI Bleed
   -Strokes, TIAs
   -Exacerbation of Chronic Illnesses
   (osteoarthritis, rhematoid arthritis, Parkinson's, hypertension, etc.)
4. When a resident transfers from SNF to Assisted Living
   -Promotes continuity of care
   -Encourages progression toward greater independence
   -Promotes wellness and restoration through teaching and assessment
5. For residents who mismanage medication
6. When there is a progressive illness but the resident may not be ready for Hospice.
7. For residents who require wound care as in stasis ulcers, decubitus ulcers or Vitamin B12
   injections.
8. For people in the community wishing to enter your facility but due to space limitations may be able to do so. We can provide Home Care until admission is possible
9. For residents experiencing late effects of fractures, strokes, falls.

Call Central Intake - 235-5113
For referrals or questions

Holland Home : 2100 Raybrook SE, Suite 300 : Grand Rapids MI : 49546 : 616-235-5000