The purpose
of the Jefferson County Health Department Home Health Division is to provide
and coordinate physician-directed, individualized, comprehensive, and safe
skilled nursing and home health aide services to residents of Jefferson
County.
The Home
Health Division has been established to meet conditions of participation in the
Federal Health Insurance Program of Medicare.
It also meets conditions to provide care, which is reimbursable by funds
from Medicare,Medicaid, Veterans
Administrations,Lifetime Resources, and private pay patients.
1. The
primary functions of the Home Health is to provide skilled nursing services and/or home health aide services on an intermittent visiting basis in the individual's home.
2. Staff
is directed by the Director of Nursing and is under the supervision of the
Supervising nurse.
Personnel
I.
Nursing services
a. The
R.N. or L.P.N will
perform duties as ordered by your physician.
II.
Non-skilled nursing services
a. Home
Health Aides are to be assigned when the patient needs personal care.
b. Homemakers
are assigned when the client needs help with light housekeeping, meal
preparation and errands.
The Indiana Association for Home & Hospice Care is the
voice of Indiana's home
care providers. Our mission is "to advance the cause of home
health, hospice, and personal care services through leadership, advocacy,
and education." We represent all of home care: traditional home health
nursing services home-based and inpatient hospice care, and "private
duty" home care - including non-medical services that allow Hoosiers to
remain independent in their own homes.
IAHHC
member agencies have gone the extra mile to provide the very best home &
hospice care services. They subscribe to Ethical Guidelines that have been
borrowed by other providers around the country, and they spend
thousands of hours a year in IAHHC training and education sessions.
