Our
Program Is Led By A Team Of Highly Skilled Home
Health Care Professionals and Para-Professionals:
 Registered Nurses: Licensed by
the State Board of Nursing, Registered Nurses render
skilled nursing services including performance
of skilled technical procedures such as complex
sterile dressings, catheter insertion, injections,
infusion therapy, medication management and vital
signs. The nurse also provides considerable instruction
to patients and family members in the management
of illness-related care such as diabetic management,
ostomy care, respiratory hygiene, etc.. A third
area of nursing function is that of monitoring
of a patient who is currently manifesting instability
in his medical condition or has imminent potential
to become unstable.
Private Duty Nurses: Private Duty
Nurses are Registered Nurses or Licensed Practical
Nurses who render skilled nursing care on an hourly
basis for patients who need more intensive monitoring.
Maternal-Child Nurses: Maternal-Child
Nurses are Registered Nurses specializing in the
care of newborns, pediatric patients and mothers.
Perinatal Nurses: Perinatal Nurses
are Registered Nurses who specialize in the care
of women before, during and after giving birth.
Licensed Practical Nurses: Supervised
by the Registered Nurse, the Licensed Practical
Nurse works closely with patients to maintain their
basic medical care. They can administer medication,
check routine vital signs and aid in other simple
medical procedures.
Certified Home Health Aides: Home
Health Aides are trained, certified personnel who
provide personal care and support services such
as hygiene, bathing, mobility assistance and meal
preparation. They work under the supervision of
the registered professional nurse.
Private Duty Certified Nursing Assistants: Certified
Nursing Assistants are trained, certified personnel
who provide personal care services on an hourly
basis in a health care facility such as a hospital.
Live-ins: Live-ins are Certified
Home Health Aides who live in the home. They provide
a wide variety of services for patients including
personal assistance like bathing and grooming,
homemaking, socialization and companionship. Live-ins
work under the supervision of the registered professional
nurse.
Physical Therapists: Physical
Therapists are licensed professionals who utilize
a variety of therapeutic activities to develop
or restore movement, relieve pain and increase
patient safety under a medically prescribed treatment
program. They instruct the patient and family in
exercise, ambulation, transfers, use of appropriate
equipment.
Occupational Therapists: Occupational
Therapists are licensed professionals who assist
the patient to develop or regain fine motor skills,
activities of daily living and perceptual motor
awareness, leading to optimal function in the home.
Activities may include instruction for eating,
bathing, dressing, toileting, and meal preparation
under a medically prescribed plan of care.
Speech Language Pathologists: Speech
Language Pathologists are licensed professionals
who evaluate and treat patients for communication
or swallowing problems under a medically prescribed
plan of care.
Medical Social Workers: Medical
Social Workers are licensed professionals who assist
patients and families in understanding and coping
with an illness. They also help patients and families
to link with appropriate community resources and
long term planning experts in order to effectively
manage their illness at home.
Registered Dieticians: Registered
Dieticians are licensed professionals who visit
patients who need assistance with therapeutic diets.
Wound Care Specialists: Enterostomal
Therapists are Registered Nurses who render skilled
care to patients with ostomies and complex wounds.
They provide consultative services to staff and
physicians as well.
High-Tech Services Specialists: High-Tech
Services Specialists are Registered Nurses who
assist the patient and family with such services
as ventilator care, special feedings and all types
of intravenous therapies.
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