Living life to the fullest means something different to each of us. A long, healthy, happy life filled with family and adventures is all anyone can ever ask for. To achieve this, we usually need a bit of help along the way. Thankfully, some services can be as convenient as outside your front door!
CaringEdge is here to help patients achieve good health, mobility, and comfort. From home health to therapy to hospice, our purpose is always our patients! Here’s how we’re helping people achieve their best lives:
Home Health
Home health happens at home, but not because a patient can’t leave home. Patients may go out very little because of their overall health condition/diagnosis. For Medicare to pay for home health, a physician must attest that their patient is primarily homebound, leaving only for short periods when they feel up to it.
Services at home are intended to offer the convenience people need to feel better. Driving or even finding transportation services to receive care can add stress and sometimes prevent people from receiving the care they so critically need.
Here’s what can be included in home health services:
Skilled Nursing Services
Medication teaching and management
Patient and family education
Rehab nursing
Wound care
A Medical Social Worker
Emotional support for patients and families
Coordination of counseling & other community resources
Long-term care planning
Physical, Occupational, and Speech Therapy
Skilled physical, occupational, and speech therapies enhance strength, safety, and independence. Therapies can be offered after an injury or hospitalization or as a preventative measure to reduce the risks of worsening a condition.
Available in a clinic, hospital, or at home, these therapies can help patients regain or maintain their abilities. Whether activities of daily living are becoming confusing, painful, or even impossible, therapy can help pave the way to independence.
Hospice
For those facing the end of life due to an incurable illness or complex health conditions, hospice can offer some peace. While each patient’s time left is limited and varied, hospice aims to help make their remaining time both comfortable and meaningful. Patients can create a care plan that allows them to be alert and pain-free, support their families, and receive services right where they call home.
Hospice provides a team that includes a medical director, RN, social worker, chaplain, aide, and volunteers. Patients can also choose family members, caregivers, and healthcare decision-makers to join their team.
The entire purpose of hospice is to help patients live how they want during their final days, weeks, or months. Families of those in hospice can also receive support after their loved one passes away.
Home health, therapies, and hospice are available in private residences, skilled nursing facilities, and senior living communities. Myths about hospice make it an underutilized service. In reality, hospice can help patients live with dignity, comfort, and peace of mind when they need it the most.
If you or a loved one could benefit from home health, therapies, or hospice, contact us at info@caringedge.com. We can help guide you through the eligibility process to make receiving care easier.
Daily activities like taking a shower, running errands, and doing everything we need to do to live well are often abilities we take for granted. Think about how quickly running errands can be when feeling our very best and the weather is nice. Getting cleaned up, hopping in the car, and driving around to cross things off the to-do list can go fast.
However, if we’re recovering from an illness or injury or experiencing diminished strength because of leading a sedentary life, consider how daunting those basic tasks can be. Proactive, preventative measures like home health physical or occupational therapy services can help prevent injuries—especially during the height of the slip-and-fall season!
Home Health Therapy Helps You Stay Strong
You don’t have to be injured to receive home health therapy. Speak with your doctor if you’re feeling weak, having balance issues, or relying on walls or furniture to help you get out of your chair. Therapists do much more than stretch and strengthen weak muscles or joints after an injury or surgery.
Home health therapists are skilled at evaluating and diagnosing potential problems before they lead to more severe injuries or conditions. They proactively offer solutions to help reduce future life-changing events like falls. CaringEdge aims to significantly improve our patients’ lives by providing exceptional therapeutic services and care while promoting optimal health, wellness, safety, and function.
Physical therapy helps patients maintain mobility and improve their overall quality of life. Physical therapists can get you moving again using scientifically based treatment techniques focusing on restoring function, reducing pain, and correcting or preventing injury. Staying active can help manage your overall long-term health.
Occupational therapy practitioners use research and scientific evidence to ensure effective interventions. With a strong knowledge of a person’s psychological, physical, emotional, and social makeup, occupational therapists can evaluate how a condition affects the body and mind. An occupational therapist will assess your abilities and, with input from you, family, friends, and care providers, develop individualized goals that will allow you to resume or improve valued daily activities.
Common Conditions Treated by Physical and Occupational Therapy:
• Spine Conditions: Low Back Pain, Stenosis, Sciatica, Etc
• Transfer/Gait Deficits
CaringEdge home health therapy services can be done wherever you call home to help you avoid walking on icy, risky walks during the winter. Your Medicare policy may even cover part of the cost!
Medicare Can Help Cover Home Health Therapy:
• Medicare Part A helps pay for medically necessary home health physical and occupational therapy services.
• Medicare regulations no longer limit how much Medicare pays for medically necessary outpatient therapy services in one calendar year.
• All people with Medicare Part A are covered if services are medically reasonable and necessary.
• We can check your eligibility!
Remember, you don’t have to be injured already to receive home health therapies to qualify. Begin your journey to a strong, healthy new year with a trip to your primary care provider’s office. Discuss whether or not you’d be a candidate for home health therapy services, or write to us at info@caringedge.com to learn more.
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