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Services
Avance Home Health is dedicated to the principal that everyone deserves to receive the best possible care. We provide a service or a combination of services in your home – all under the direction of a physician. The registered nurses, therapists and social workers who deliver our home care services are carefully screened, highly qualified and have extensive professional skills. Our qualified staff works with your doctor to plan, coordinate and provide optimal care tailored to your needs.
Cardiac nursing
Diabetes management
IV Infusion/Therapy
Medical social work
Medication management
Nursing Services for Adults
Occupational therapy
Ostomy Care
Personal care
Physical therapy
Speech therapy
Wound care
Program Goals
- Increase patient and caregiver knowledge of the disease and recovery process
- Ensure that the patient and caregiver comply with the medication regime and rehabilitation program
- Assist hospitals and physicians in decreasing a patient’s length of stay
- Decrease the incidence of a patient’s hospitalization and need for emergency care
Commonly Treated Conditions
- Diabetes mellitus
- Coronary artery disease (CAD)
- Congestive Heart failure (CHF)
- Chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD)
- Decubitus care
- Post-surgical wound care
- Ostomy care
- Feeding tubes
- Indwelling urinary catheters
Adult Nursing Services
- Assessment of cardiac and respiratory complications
- Care of and instruction in the management of surgical and non-surgical wounds
- Care of and instruction in diabetes management
- Administration and instruction in managing subcutaneous or intramuscular medication
- Instruction regarding the patient’s medication regime
- Insertion of and instruction in using urinary catheters
- Insertion of and instruction in using feeding tubes and equipment
- Instruction in oxygen administration and safety
Rehabilitation Services – Physical & Occupational
Treatment Goals
- Maximize the patient’s functional independence within his or her home
- Increase the patient’s and caregiver’s knowledge of proper therapeutic techniques
- Ensure that the patient and family comply with the prescribed treatment program
Commonly Treated Conditions
- Stroke/neurological disorders
- Joint replacements
- Visual impairments
- Post-traumatic injuries
- Arthritis
- Amputation
- Head injury
- Spinal cord injury
- Fractures of upper and lower extremities
- Developmental delays Occupational Therapy Services
- Instruction in activities related to daily living tasks
- Evaluation and training in adaptive equipment
- Home safety assessment and instruction
- Assessment and treatment of pediatric patients
- Cognitive and perceptual re-education of neurologically impaired clients
- Splint fabrication, fitting and training
- Instruction in energy conservation techniques
- Instruction in energy conservation techniques
- Instruction in joint protection
- Wheelchair seating and positioning assessment
- Caregiver education
- Psychosocial assessment and treatment
Services
- Home safety assessment and instructions
- Assessment and treatment of neuromuscular disorders
- Assessment and treatment of pain
- Instruction in therapeutic exercises, gait training, transfers and functional mobility
- Caregiver education
- Modalities for pain control and/or neuromuscular re-education
- Assessment of and treatment with the various types of equipment
Rehabilitation Services – Speech & Language Pathology
Treatment Goals
- Maximize the patient’s functional independence in communicating and swallowing.
- Increase the patient’s and caregiver’s knowledge of speech, language and swallowing disorders, and of appropriate treatment processes.
Commonly Treated Conditions
- Stroke/neurological disorders
- Swallowing disorders
- Post-laryngectomy
- Post-traumatic injuries
- Voice disorders
- Head trauma
- Auditory comprehension disorders
Services
- Diagnostic assessment
- Evaluation and treatment of:
- Receptive an expressive language disorders
- Speech articulation
- Cognitive communication disorders
- Oral motor skills
- Swallowing disorders
- Voice disorders
Medical Social Services
Qualified social services are available in accordance with the patient’s plan of care. After a patient has been identified as needing medical social services, the visiting clinician will make the internal referral for those services.
Medical social services include: preparation of clinical and progress notes; working with the patient’s family; identifying and using community resources; participation in discharge planning. Patients qualifying for medical social services include: stroke, cancer, AIDS and Alzheimer’s patients; terminally ill patients; and those with a history of psychiatric or emotional problems.
Home Health Aides
Our home health aides provide a variety of personal care services for patients of all ages. They work under the direct supervision of a registered nurse or therapist, who performs a supervisory visit every 14 days. These visits ensure that the plan of care continues to address the patient’s needs.