Home Health Care

Anderson Home Health Services offers a full range of home health care to residents in our local communities. Owned and operated by Anderson Hospital, Anderson Home Health Services is state licensed, Medicare certified and accredited by The Joint Commission.

The Home Health Care Alternative

While home care is not meant to replace hospital care, it does offer an important alternative to extended hospital stays. Receiving care in the comforts of your home with the support of professional home care personnel is an excellent and certainly cost effective approach to meeting your health care needs. Anderson Home Health Services offers a full range of services provided by registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech therapists and medical social workers. All services are performed under the direction of your healthcare provider.

Care provided by the Registered Nurse is directed toward:

acute wound care and assessments
urological catheter care and maintenance
nutrition assessment
new ostomy care
IV infusion therapy
disease specific assessment
medication monitoring
patient/caregiver education

Care provided by the Physical Therapist is directed toward:

therapeutic exercise
muscle strengthening
transfer training
gait training
muscle re-education skills
stroke rehabilitation

Care provided by the Occupational Therapist is directed toward:

energy conservation
daily skills training
sensory treatment
splinting
use of adaptive equipment
upper extremity strengthening
fine motor coordination

Care provided by the Speech Therapist is directed toward:

voice disorders
speech articulation disorders
language disorders
non verbal communication
swallowing difficulties
stroke rehabilitation

Care provided by the Social Worker is directed toward:

available to consult for complex issues

The frequency of visits by the home care staff is determined by your healthcare team, in collaboration with your healthcare provider. The patient and caregivers are expected to actively participate in the plan of care. The patient and caregivers have a key voice in determining the initial care plan and changes made to that plan.