PROGRAMS
Columbia Montour Home Health Visiting Nurses Association provides special services for specific needs, including:
Hospice:
providing
care for terminally ill patients including skilled nursing, home
health aides, social work counseling, spiritual care and trained
volunteer support in a variety of settings (home, nursing home
and Columbia Montour Home Hospice at Maria Hall).
Rehabilitation Team:
including nurses, therapists and home
health aides who work as a team with the patient to restore body
strength and function.
Advanced Technology Nursing:
providing in-home care and instruction for patients of all ages
including peripheral venous access devices, central venous access
devices, IV antibiotic therapy, IV pain management, enteral nutrition,
total parenteral nutrition, ventilators, tracheostomy care and
oxygen therapy.
Enterostomal Therapy:
focusing on the care of wounds, ostomies and incontinence.
Diabetes Education:
teaching both Type I and Type
II diabetics and family members about diabetes and their prescribed
treatment, methods of monitoring and diabetes-related complications.
HomMed
Home Monitoring System:
providing daily at-home monitoring of vital signs for patients
with various health conditions. The system gives the users the
comfort and independence of staying at home and the security of
daily monitoring and follow-up medical attention if necessary.
Trending reports can be forwarded to your physician.
Transitional
Care: providing care to patients with life limiting illness
who are not yet ready for Hospice or who could return to wellness
in the community.
Obstetrical
Care: including early maternal discharge, postpartum follow-up
and education, high-risk antepartum and lactation education to
assist breast feeding mothers.
Pediatric
Care: including premature infant
care, phototherapy for newborns, nutritional support, and rehabilitative
services.
Nurse-Family
Partnership: helping first-time parents
succeed.
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