|
All personnel are willing and eager to meet with clients, family members, and other interested parties, whenever requested, regarding the provision and scope of services, schedule changes, and any other concerns.
The following list itemizes the services most frequently requested by our clients.
Personal Care
- Bathing (bed bath, tub or shower)
- Dressing and oral hygiene
- Assistance in the bathroom
- Lifting, transferring, turning patients
- Taking and recording vital signs
- Monitoring oxygen use
- Monitoring blood glucose status of our diabetic patients
- Colostomy care
- Jevity feeds
- Recording the client’s overall physical and mental health
- Oxygen care
- Changing occupied beds
- Catheter care
- many other duties too numerous to mention
Homemaking / Companionship Services
- Meal preparation
- Home safety supervision
- Medication reminders
- Light housekeeping
- Laundry
- Shopping for select items
- Accompanying them to appointments, shopping, entertainment, etc
Palliative Care
Our superb staff of Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses and Nursing Assistants offer the convenience for our terminally ill patients to remain in their home during their convalescence. Our palliative care team works closely with the clients physician and the Capital Health home care team to ensure that all and any comfort measures are provided and carried out for our terminally ill patients.
- Administering of narcotics as prescribed by a physician
- Working as a team member with the physician, other pertinent health care professionals, and the family
- Monitoring a clysis line or intravenous line
- Maintaining any comfort measures required
- Working closely with clients and their families to acquire the best possible level of comfort at all levels of care
Specialized Care
Thorough training courses, as well as several years of experience, make many staff members acquire expertise in several specialty areas such as:
- Alzheimer’s
- Stroke
- Parkinson’s
- Multiple sclerosis
- Auto injuries
- Post surgical care
- Infant and Child Care
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
- Cerebral Palsy
- Psychiatric care
|
