When you are eligible to receive home health care services, your functional skills and life at home will be assessed and evaluated. This is to find out what kinds of services are best for you and to create an individualized plan based on the evaluation.
The following is the list of services that can be availed at
Gentle Home Care Services, Inc.:
Skilled Nursing
These services will be performed by our registered nurses and licensed vocational nurses. They are responsible for providing skilled medical care to our patients who are suffering from injury or illness. The following services may be included but is not limited to:
- IV Treatments
- Respiratory Care
- Rehabilitative Care
- Supervision of Medications
- Treatments and Injections
- Wound Care
- Pain and Symptom Management
- Medication Instruction and Management
- Surgical Aftercare
- Infusion Therapy
- Wound and Ostomy Care
- Incontinence Management and Catheter Care
- Anti-coagulation Therapy
Occupational Therapy
The goal of occupational therapy is to use everyday activities of daily living to help patients recuperate from their illness or injury. This type of therapy can be availed in conjunction with skilled nursing or depending upon your physician’s recommendations.
Therapy may include but is not limited to:
- Assessment and Evaluation of Health and Basic Skills
- Planning and Implementation of Therapeutic Programs
- Energy Management and Conservation
- Restoration of Sensory Functions
- Re-education of Basic Living Skills
- Restoring Physical Mobility
- Restoring Muscle Control
- Restoring Balance
- Strength Enhancement
Physical Therapy
Physical therapy aims to remedy impairments and disabilities through a series of exercises that are part of the therapy care plan. Services may include:
- Pain Management
- Post Surgery Care
- Pre-Surgery Care
- Education and Training in the use of Assistive Devices
- Orthopedics
- Pediatrics
- Body Mechanics
- Exercise Programs
- Improving Range Of Motion
- Muscle Re-Education
- Regaining Mobility
Speech Therapy
Whether young or old, our speech therapy services are for those who are suffering from speech language disabilities. Our speech language pathologists will administer patients with therapy in the form of exercises. Speech therapy services may include such as:
- Home Safety
- Speech
- Language
- Dysphagia (Swallowing)
- Cognition
- Adaptive Speech Devices
- Aural (Hearing) Rehabilitation
- Non-oral Communication
- Home Speech and Language Exercise Program
- Communication Options/Alternatives
- Eating and Swallowing Strategies
- Speech Articulation Exercise
- Aural Rehabilitation
Medical Social Work
Our medical social workers can coordinate community resources, and can counsel patients and their families in terms of emotional support. Medical social work services and assistance may include:
- Support in Acquiring Home Health Services
- Rehabilitation Guidance and Support
- Life Coaching
- Individual, Family Counseling, and Group Counseling
- Hospital Discharge Assistance
- Parenting Advice and Coaching
- Foster Care Arrangements
- Bereavement Support and Grief Counseling
Home Health Aide
Our home health aides provide personalized and hands-on care and assistance to our patients. We aim to meet the needs and exceed the expectations of our clients in their own home.
HHA services may or may not include:
- Bathing, grooming and personal hygiene assistance
- Companionship
- Light housekeeping
- Meal preparation
- Medication management
- Mobility assistance
- Blood pressure and temperature monitoring
- Dedicated attention and general supervision of health
- Bathing
- Skin care
- Oral hygiene
- Nail care
- Home exercise program
- Ambulation
The following is the list of services that can be availed from our agency:
For questions or for more information, please call us at 978-258-8479 so we may address your inquiries and concerns.
