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Quality Healthcare In Your
Home...
You Have A Choice!
Ask your doctor to refer you
to Memorial Hospital's Home Health and Hospice.
 Disa DeLauro Registered Nurse Administrator |
 Jean Lindsey Administrative Asstistant |
 Corrine Tucci Registered Nurse |
 Sharon Cullen Registered Nurse |
 Diana Milliron Registered Nurse |
 Kathy Morrison Registered Nurse |
 Bonnie Stoddard Registered Nurse |
 Carole Gehring Licensed Practical Nurse |
 Regina Yates Lifeline Technician Aide |
 Nancy Compton Aide |
 Sharon Cobb Physical Therapist |
 Karla Green Occupational Therapist |
 Melinda Coates Occupational Therapist |
 Carrie Riley Speech Language Pathologist |
 Susan Black Social Worker |
 Trudy Ventello Social Worker |
Memorial Hospital Home Health Agency provides quality health care services in the convenience and comfort of your home. Our experienced team understands your unique health needs and administers care under the direction of your physician. We are committed to providing you with a variety of services within your home, from prenatal, newborn and pediatric care to chronic, post surgery and disability. Whatever your needs, our Home Health team will design a plan that is specific to you and your situation.
An
integral part of the hospital, our Home Health Agency has the knowledge
and resources of our complete facility at its disposal. Whenever your
health needs can be met at home, our staff is available, 24 hours a day,
7 days a week.
Nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists, occupational therapists, medical social workers, home health aides and nutritional counselors are available to provide treatment, monitor and assess conditions, and provide instruction to meet patients' needs. An individualized plan of treatment is established with a physician's approval.
- NURSING SERVICES
- Our qualified, competent nursing staff has the experience needed
to make recovery at home a success. A registered nurse will assess the
home-care requirements of the patient, then work with the patient's
physician to develop a customized treatment plan. Our nursing staff
is trained to provide quality care for the ill and disabled of every
age while offering instruction and emotional support to the rest of
the family.
Services include:
• Regular nursing care
• Specialized nursing care
• Disease management programs
• Restorative nursing
• Intravenous therapy
• Maternal / child services
• Cancer care
• Pediatric care
• Orthopedic case management
• Home health aides
- PHYSICAL THERAPY
- Services include assessment, therapeutic excercises, gait training,
range of motion activities, and ultrasound.
- OCCUPATIONAL
THERAPY - Services include assessment, restoration of function in
activities of daily living, task oriented therapeutic activities, and
use of assistive devices.
- SPEECH LANGUAGE
PATHOLOGY - Speech services for all ages including treatment for
swallowing difficulties, voice disorders, receptive and expressive language
modalities, nonverbal communication, augmentative communicators.
- MEDICAL SOCIAL
SERVICES - Personal,
family or financial concerns can prevent patients from achieving maximum
physical recovery. Therefore, Memorial Hospital’s total patient
care program includes the services of licensed Medical Social Workers
who can provide you and your family with many services. Social workers
are available to help you with any problems which might be troubling
you when you return to your home. Some of the services available are:
- Financial Information
- Help with personal and family problems.
- Help with adjustments to an illness.
- Referrals to appropriate community services.
- Information and arrangements for nursing home, intermediate and residential care.
Memorial Hospital
Home Health is licensed by the Department of Health and has met the stringent
standards of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.
- LIFELINE -
Do you feel confident living in your own home?
Lifeline is a personal emergency response service that helps individuals remain safely at home. Individuals can have access to help 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Simply pressing a personal alarm help button connects to a professional who will carefully and quickly assess the situation and link the caller to appropriate help.
A service you can trust.
One of our trained installers will come to your home to meet you, install the communicator, and make sure that you know how to use the service. The communicator and your personal help button are your links to Lifeline.
How much does it cost?
You pay a one-time installation fee, plus a monthly fee. There are absolutely no other charges or fees to pay. You can discontinue the service at any time, for any reason, and return the equipment.
Call 265-4877 today to see how Lifeline can enrich your life!
Memorial Hospital Home Health Agency services patients in Bradford and Sullivan counties 7 days a week, with on-call services as needed. For further information about Home Health at Memorial Hospital, call 1-800-757-1764 or 265-4877.
See Also:
Hospice
If the Home Health Agency has not resolved a patient care or safety concern, the patient has the right to contact the Joint Commission's Office of Quality Monitoring by calling 1-800-994-6610 or by e-mailing complaint@jcaho.org.