Skilled & caring professionals, right in the comfort of your own home
At Home Nursing Services
Returning home from the hospital, rehabilitation facility, or nursing home can be a challenging and often frightening experience for seniors and their families. Often, access to skilled nursing care is a determining factor in whether a senior is able to return home following an operation, heart attack, stroke, or fall, rather than having to stay in a facility.
Advantage nurses work with your physician to ensure that you get the care and attention you need, in your home, to maximize your recovery, physical and emotional well-being.
The Right Professional to Meet Your Requirement
Advantage offers both RN (Registered Nurse) and LPN (Licensed Practical Nurse) nursing professionals. Working with your physician, we’ll assemble just the right team to meet your needs. Services available include:
• Skilled Nursing Care
• IV Therapy / Antibiotics
• Wound Care
• Cardiac Care & Teaching
• Diabetes Care & Teaching
• Pulmonary Care & Teaching
• Ostomy Care
• Foley Catheter Management
• Medication Teaching & Management
The Care You Need When You Need It
Whether you need help with dressing changes and wound care, medication, IV therapy, or ongoing teaching to minimize the negative impacts of heart disease, diabetes or chronic lung disease, we will work with you, your physician, and your family to ensure that you’re getting the best treatment possible and always moving a step closer to recovery.
A Team United For Your Recovery
At Advantage, we believe that a team approach to your recovery enhances your ability to thrive. We work hard to ensure that all resources available to you are brought to bear, and regularly communicate with your physician and family.
With Advantage, you're not isolated and "on your own" when you return home from the hospital. We’re there to take care of you, answer your questions, and patiently and compassionately nurture you toward a healthful outcome.
Home Therapy Services
Home therapy services can assist seniors in restoring mobility after a fall, a stroke or orthopedic surgery. Physicians typically will order home therapy after a stay in a rehab facility following an orthopedic event.
Therapy services may also be ordered or recommended for general weakness or muscle disorder or to help clients recuperate after a major health event i.e., open heart surgery.
Physical therapy
A physical therapist works to restore mobility, and improve gait and endurance using a set of repetitive exercises
Occupational therapy
The Occupational therapists assist individuals with activities of daily life such as cooking and showering following a stroke; they also help restore function and mobility of upper limbs i.e., after shoulder surgery.
Speech therapy
The speech therapist assists clients improve their speech and swallowing capabilities following a stroke or other debilitating illness or event.
Whatever therapy your physician recommends can help restore your independence. Therapy services can be provided in the comfort of your home or in an outpatient setting. Advantage Home Health Services offers you the option of recuperating at home for a safe, fast and joyful recovery.
Medical Social Worker Services
A social worker can assist a client and family navigate the different community service options available. Social workers can also assist when seniors transition to an assisted living facility.