Nurse Directed Home Care
Many families feel overwhelmed by care responsibilities when a loved one becomes unable to perform routine tasks. Managing this level of care requires time and specialized training – exactly what our Care Professionals offer.Please contact your local Home Instead® franchise office to review which services are permitted and available in our in-home care services area.
Confident Highly Personalized Care
Many families worry about monitoring the care for their loved ones, including supporting their health care needs. Our trained and certified Care Pros provide assistance in the comfort and ease of home and help them avoid a move to a nursing home or another higher level of care. In addition, where specialized services are available, we have registered nurses on staff to support these services to be there when your senior’s needs reach the next level. Our highly personalized services may include:
Nursing Services
- Medication Management including administer intramuscular injections into the skin
- Provide assistance with home dialysis
- Assist with diabetic wound care on client's feet
Medication management and administration
- Manage medication by crushing or splitting medications as well as drawing dosage for oral liquid medications, as prescribed
- Administer medications by placing medication in a senior’s mouth if they are unable to do so
Vital sign tracking and interpreting
- Take blood pressure, pulse and temperature
- Interpret vital sign outcomes and respond to thresholds
Wound care support
- Provide wound care with simple dressings
- Provide bathing assistance when a senior has a wound or dressing
- Assist with skin care when a senior has an open wound
Diabetes/glucose testing management
- Monitor glucose (i.e. Accuchecks) to determine blood sugar reading
- Administer insulin and record and document findings
Ostomy and Catheter care
- Emptying a catheter drainage bag
- Remove or replace a pre-sized wafer around a stoma
- Changing Ostomy Bag
Oxygen therapy
- Adjust a flowmeter to the prescribed setting
- Monitor the oxygen saturation levels
Feeding tube
- Turn on and off a feeding tube machine
- Flush feeding tubes
- Change dressing around the feeding tube
Testimonials
Latest Review from our community
We can’t say enough good things or thank you and your caregivers enough for the remarkable care provided to mom over the past year. Each caregiver brought something unique to the role, and took a personal interest not only in mom’s care, but also what would keep her interested, positive and entertained through some long and painful final days. Although the caregivers were all excellent, some stand out as truly remarkable people and gifted at what they do. Mom’s journey these last months would have been impossible without them, and overall, with your added nursing expertise and support, Home Instead’s service totally exceeded all our expectations.
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