A team of skilled professionals and administrators provide specialized care within patients' homes under the direction of a physician. Services may include nursing care, rehabilitative therapy and assistance with personal care. Physicians often order home care after hospitalization or after a period of general mental instability. Not all home health agencies provide the same services.More >>
The hospice philosophy maintains end-of-life care should emphasize quality of life. At its core is the belief each individual has the right to die pain-free with dignity, and families and friends should receive the necessary support to allow the individual to do so.More >>
Rehabilitation, or rehab, therapy refers to the therapeutic, healing treatment that an Alacare Home Health patient receives after an illness or injury. The illness or injury could be cancer, a stroke or an injury following a fall. Alacare Home Health Therapists are specially trained and can assist patients in getting back to as full of a life as possible with the appropriate type of therapy.More >>
Neurological examination and medication review are performed, and each patient is assessed for: Fall history, Orthostatic hypotension, Gait, Loss of sensation on lower extremities, Osteoporosis impications, Visual impairment, perceived functional ability an dear of falling, cognitive impairment, and home hazards. More >>
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