You may be eligible for home health aide services if you need assistance with personal care while being treated at home by a nurse, physical therapist, and/or speech language pathologist. Home health aide services are provided on an intermittent basis. the services the aide provides will be determined by the nurse in accordance with your physician and based on your specific needs. The primary function of the home health aide is to provide assistance with personal care and limited household functions.

Such assistance may include:

• Helping the patient bathe and dress
• Assisting the patient in and out of bed
• Assisting with mouth and hair care
• Helping with exercise
• Changing the patient's linens
• Assisting with training in self-care techniques
• Preparing a light lunch or breakfast
• Laundering or drying essential items as time permits
• Light cleaning and straightening of the patient care area

A Cherish Home Health Aide will provide a wide range of service such as assistance with daily living tasks to individuals having difficulty caring for themselves. Cherish caregivers are patient, responsible and motivated to care for others.

Each Cherish physical therapist (PT) will assist you or your loved one in regaining strength, balance, coordination and movement when you experience a decline in function, specific to your diagnosis (arthritis, heart disease, diabetes) or following a heart attack, stroke, surgery, broken hip, posture deformity, joint replacement, cardiac rehab, or other hospitalization all in the comfort of your own home. Our physical therapist (PT) will assist you or your loved to achieve enhanced gait performance, range of motion, and strength by developing a home exercise program to maintain muscle tone and mobility.

Physical Therapy serices provided by a professional Physical Therapist (PT) can provide the patient and family with assistance in many areas, including but not limited to:

Examples of our services include:

• Physical Therapy
• Gait training
• Balance training
• Weight bearing exercises
• Strengthening exercises
• Post-op rehabilitation
• Post CVA

Our at home registered visiting Nurse can provide the elderly patient and family with assistance in several health care areas, including but not limited to:

Examples of our professional at-home nursing services for patient and elder care include:

• Overall evaluation and coordination of care
• Wound care for patient or elderly
• Patient/caregiver teaching
• Nutrition
• Disease process teaching
• Diabetic Education
• Catheter Change & self-catheter care
• Complication prevention teaching
• IV Therapy/ Antibiotics, TPN
• Medication teaching
• Blood Draw & Injections
• Observation/ Assessment
• Pain Management
• Ostomy care and Dressing change

Social Service linkage is provided by qualified professionals who are responsible for evaluating the social and emotional needs of the patient as related to his/her medical condition. Social services are provided under the direction of the physician.

Social services can provide the patient and family with assistance in many areas, including but not limited to:

• Assistance with the rental or purchase of medical equipment.
• Counseling for long range planning and decision making such as nursing home placement or life care communities.
• Community resource planning and referrals such as locating private hourly care funded through state or county programs, prescription assistance, or initiating meals-on-wheels.
• Assistance with understanding medical bills or other financial account management.

Speech Therapy is provided by qualified professionals who are responsible for evaluation and treatment to enhance the rehabilitation of patients with speech and language disorders, hearing disorders and oral myofuctional disorders. Speech Therapy is furnished under the direction of the physician.

Speech Language Pathology (Speech Therapy) can provide treatments for:

• Speech voice production
• Voice disorders
• Difficulty with speech (aphasia)
• Difficulty with swallowing (dysphagia)
• Special communication techniques

Types of patients that may benefit from Speech Therapy are those with a diagnosis of head and neck cancers, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Parkinson's disease, vocal cord nodules, multiple sclerosis, or any debilitating neuro-muscular disorder. Patients with new tracheostomies or post laryngectomies also often require the skills of a Speech Pathologist.

• Techniques for sensory integration, energy conservation, work simplification, and joint protection. Design, fabricate, and fit orthotic and self-help devices. Teach compensatory techniques to improve the level of independence in ADL's. Teach Therapeutic activities designed to restore physical function.
• An Occupational Therapist might construct a device that will allow a patient to hold a utensil so they can feed themselves.
• Occupational Therapists can often assist a patient in regaining independence in the activities of daily living (ADL) such as dressing, bathing, and meal preparation. By doing so, the patient can be maintained in the home rather than in an assisted living or skilled nursing facility.

At Cherish home care, we are always looking for outstanding healthcare professionals to joining our exciting team! We are searching currently in the areas of Skilled Nursing, Physical Therapy. We provide growth, flexibility and choice, as well as:

• Full time Skilled Nursing and Physical Therapy Positions with benefits (bonus)
• Part Time positions with flexibility
• Choice of locations in multiple service areas (mostly in Detroit)
• Dynamic environment, rich with entrepreneurial Spirit and major career growth opportunities.
• Highly professionals and ethical people and practices
• Click here to see a list our open home healthcare jobs listing