Hospice Program
Home Health program
Home health provides health-care services at home for people of all ages. We also offer patient and family education designed to enhance client health and independence. Active participation in the treatment plan is encouraged by both patients and caregivers to the fullest extent possible. Home-health services range in duration from a single visit to ongoing treatment over several weeks or months and are available to people in the greater Sacramento area.
Patient services
Our professional home health nurses, social workers and therapists offer patient assessment, case management and a full spectrum of adult, geriatric, pediatric and maternal/child home care services. Multilingual staff members are available. Home Health has the following services available for its patients:
Nursing specialties
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Infusion services
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Cardiac care
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Disease management / medication management
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Advanced wound care
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Bowel and bladder retraining
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Enterostomal therapy
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Pain control/symptom management
Home health aide
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Assistance with activities of daily living
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Personal-care services
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Help with prescribed exercise programs
Physical therapy
- Mobility/safety assessment
- Home exercise programs
- Durable Medical Equipment (DME) assessment/training
- Gait/transfer training
- Modalities
Occupational therapy
- Safety assessment
- Activities of daily living (ADL) assessment
- Independent living skills
- Adaptive equipment, DME assessment/training
- Energy conservation skills
Speech therapy
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Cognitive -- linguistic retraining
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Speech -- language evaluation/training
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Eating and swallowing -- safety/management
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Communication devices
Social work specialties
- Comprehensive psychological/social assessment
- Counseling for emotional support
- Durable Power of Attorney (DPA) — education and forms
- Community resource linkages
- Financial resource assistance
- Patient advocacy
- Long-term planning