Services
Denali Home Health provides Home Health services in Anchorage, Mat-Su Valley and surrounding communities.
Home Health Services Include:
- Skilled Nursing
- Physical, Speech, or Occupational Therapy
- Medical Social Workers
- Certified Home Health Aides
- Wound Care
Anyone who meets the criteria under medical guidelines can receive home health services at any time and the patient as the right to choose the provider for those services. To be eligible for home care covered by Medicare, the patients must meet the following criteria:
- Must be under a physcian's care, and the physician must order the service
- Must require a skilled, intermittent service; skilled nursing, physical therapy or speech therapy
- Must be essentially homebound due to an illness or injury, which makes it difficult for the patient to leave home in order to receive medical care.
Patient with the following needs:
- Pain Management
- IV Therapy
- Medication Management and Teaching
- Diabetic Teaching
- Frequent Doctor or ER visits
- Exacerbation of MS, RA, COPD, CHF, etc
- Wound and/or Ostomy Care
- Recent Orthopedic Problems/Surgeries
- Osteoporosis
- CVA
- Durable Medical Equipment (wheelchair, walker, etc.)
- Assistance bathing, dressing, ambulation or balance
- Social Work Intervention
- Cognition/memory problems
- Swallowing
- Frequent falls in home
Hospice care is provided through an interdisciplinary, medically directed team. This team approach to care for dying persons typically includes a physician, a nurse, a home health aide, a social worker, a chaplain and a volunteer.
The hospice nurse makes regularly scheduled visits to the patient providing expert pain management and symptom control techniques. Throughout the time that the patient is under the care of hospice, the nurse keeps the primary physician informed of the patient's condition. Nurses provide the complete spectrum of skilled nursing care and are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Home health aides provide assistance with the personal care of the patient.
Social workers provide assistance with practical and financial concerns as well as emotional support, counseling and bereavement follow-up. They evaluate the need for volunteers and other support services needed by the family and facilitate communication between the family and community agencies.
Chaplains provide spiritual support to patients and families, often serving as a liaison between them and their religious community. Chaplains often assist with memorial services and funeral arrangements.