There’s no place like home, especially for someone who is sick.
Now it is possible for a person to remain at home when recovering from an illness or surgery. Even conditions that would have been serious enough for hospitalization a few short years ago can now be effectively treated one-on-one in the home.
Besides feeling more comfortable in the familiar surroundings of their own home, patients often recover faster than in the hospital or nursing home.
Personalized care in the home is made possible through Phoebe Home Care. Services are provided on an individual basis by health care professionals in the comfort of your own home.
Patient Care
Phoebe Home Care provides health care for all ages in the convenience of your home. We accept Medicare, Medicaid, private insurance and VA benefits. We service the following counties: Sumter, Randolph, Terrell, Lee, Calhoun, Dougherty, Worth, Early, Baker and Miller.
When you choose to take care of a seriously ill loved one; have a health condition that limits and prevents self care; have guardianship responsibilities for an elderly person, but you, yourself have to work; or want your loved one’s last days spent at home, Phoebe Home Care is only a phone call away.
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Edison Branch |
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112 Hudson St. / 229-928-2004 / 1-888-317-3822 |
19350 Hartford St. / 229-835-3337 / 1-877-912-3734 |
Guidelines Specific to Medicare
In order to receive home health services, the patient must be homebound. A homebound patient is defined as one who requires considerable effort and assistance to leave home. Medicare guidelines require that the care given must be medically reasonable, necessary and ordered by a physician. The patient must require skilled care that can be administered intermittently.
Skilled Nursing Care
Our skilled staff of RNs and LPNs provide home care comparable to the services offered in the hospital.
- Assess blood pressure, pulse and respiratory
status
- Monitor nutrition, hydration, bowel and bladder
functions
- Monitor and teach medication regime and response
to medications
- Diabetic teaching - check glucose levels and
administer insulin
- Diet instruction under guidance of a dietitian
- Wound care changes - urethral or suprapubic
- Colostomy/ileostomy care
- Draw blood samples - venous-arterial
- IV therapy, continuous antibiotics/TPN enteral
feeding
Physical Therapy
A patient’s deterioration, caused by inactivity, can usually be alleviated through the rehabilitation services of a qualified physical therapist working in the home.
- Gait training
- Bed mobility transfers
- Strengthening and therapeutic exercises
- Proper application and use of prosthetic devices
Speech Therapy
Cancer, stroke and disease of the aged can often impair the ability to speak clearly. A speech therapist, working in your home, can help the patient overcome these problems.
- Language and communication retraining
- Dysphasia
Occupational Therapy (Limited availability)
An impairment of function to perform daily activities such as grooming, dressing, preparing and eating meals may result from stroke, severe arthritis or injury. In the home, an occupational therapist can assist a patient to regain these skills.
- ADL (activities of daily living)
- Muscle re-education
- Fine motor coordination
- Perceptual motor coordination
- Sensory and neuro development treatment
- Adaptive equipment
- Orthotics/splinting
Home Health Aide Service
An aide provides the same services received by a patient in the hospital or nursing home, plus additional services required at home, such as meal preparation and light housekeeping.
What must I do if I have a need for home health care?
Contact your physician or social services department of your local hospital. Ask them about Phoebe Home Care, your home health agency in this area. You may also contact us for a free in-home evaluation by a registered nurse.
A Note to Physicians
Our goal is to provide your patients with the very best in home health care. You will be pleased with the convenience and care we provide. All services must be approved by the patient’s attending physician.
Darleen Cox, RN
Administrator
For more information call, 1-877-912-9300 or for a referral call, 1-888-776-4227
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