Patient Types

  • Newly-diagnosed medical conditions or complex, debilitating symptoms which require skilled monitoring and/or health teaching
  • Terminal illness with needs for symptomatic control – if not appropriate for hospice
  • Pressure ulcers
  • Open wounds, ulcers, or burns
  • Ostomies and otomies
  • Newly-diagnosed or poorly-controlled diabetes
  • Bed bound patients requiring teaching of family to manage dependent patient
  • Frequent admissions to the hospital
  • Medications requiring monitoring (anticoagulants, antihypertensives, cardiac meds, analgesics, chemotherapeutic agents, etc.)
  • Need for exercise to improve ambula tion, mobility, independence, safety, circulation or preparation for prosthesis
  • Patients needing dressing changes, monitoring of wounds following surgery
  • Patients with hydration and nutrition problems
  • Patients requiring physical therapy to train on the proper use of durable medical equipment