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Skilled Nursing
Assesses, monitors, administers medication,
directs treatment according to physician’s orders. Develops plan of treatment and goals with close involvement of patient
and/or family. Teaches and instructs patient and/or family to achieve self care. Manages and evaluates patient care to prevent
potential complications. Promotes recovery & ensure safety. Nursing services also include, but not limited to:
IV Infusion; wound care, including negative pressure wound therapy systems; cardiopulmonary assessment; medication
management; and home safety evaluation, to name a few.
Physical Therapy
Provides evaluation, (includes muscle
strength tests, joint motion tests, sensory and neurological tests, coordination tests, balance tests, observation, palpation
flexibility tests, postural screening, movement analysis) develops treatment plan and goals, and administer the appropriate
treatment aid in recovery of a problem or dysfunction. Generally, PT assists with gross motor lower extremity activity.
Occupational Therapy
Provides activities and instructions
designed to increase independence for a patient who is unable to perform activities of daily living (such as, sensory
impairment, perceptual motor difficulty, coordination problems, muscle weakness). Generally, OT assist with fine motor,
upper extremity activities.
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Speech Therapy
Provides services designed to help patients
improve or restore communication skills. This includes voice and language disorders like stutter fluency and rhythm problem,
inappropriate pitch, harsh voice or speech quality problems. Addresses speech disorders resulting from hearing loss, stroke,
cerebral palsy, mental disability or brain injury.
Medical Social Worker
Provides social, environmental
and emotional counseling for patients with relationship problems, financial problems, coping mechanism, long term care
needs and living arrangement problems. Also assists in providing community resources available to the patient.
Home Health Aide
Works closely with patients and provides
assistance with daily living tasks such as dressing, bathing, feeding, bladder/bowel function assistance, oral hygiene, ambulation
activity, range of motion exercises, and light household tasks. The HHA works in coordination with and instructions
from nursing and therapy services.
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