Role of Health Care Professionals in Home Care
Your physician is usually the leader of an interdisciplinary healthcare team that may include nurses, therapists (such as: speech, physical, occupational, and respiratory therapists), social workers, personal care aides, home medical equipment suppliers, and most importantly, formal and informal caregivers (e.g., family members). Although all team members are important, the physician is legally responsible for working with you or someone you identify to determine your health care needs. Physicians can also develop, certify, and recertify the plan of care.
The care you need in the place you love
Home care can be the key to achieving the highest quality of life possible. It can enable safety, security, and increased independence; it can ease management of an ongoing medical condition; it can help avoid unnecessary hospitalization; it can aid with recovery after an illness, injury, or hospital stay—all through care given in the comfort and familiarity of home. Home care can include:
Help with daily activities such as dressing and bathing
Assistance with safely managing tasks around the house
Companionship
Therapy and rehabilitative services
Short- or long-term nursing care for an illness, disease, or disability—including tracheotomy and ventilator care.
How we can help
If it’s become more challenging to manage daily personal activities or housekeeping tasks, our trained and experienced home health aides can assist you. Or perhaps you need help with getting to the store or to doctors’ appointments. Or maybe your parents have dementia and need a companion to keep them living safely at home. Silver Pine Home Care is here for you.
Bathing, grooming, using the toilet, and dressing
Meal planning and preparation
Light housekeeping, laundry, and running errands
Medication reminders and picking up prescriptions
Escorts to appointments or meetings, help with activities or hobbies, and general companionship
Care is available up to 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, including the option for live-in help. We will work closely with you and your family to determine the best care schedule to meet your needs.