-Assess for changes in medical condition.
- Educate on disease process, medication management and prevention of complication
- Perform procedures such as catheter insertion, wound V.A.C. therapy, ostomy care, diabetic care, enteral and parenteral feeding, IV infusion, and antibiotic therapy.
- Supervise care of patient and family interaction under the physician’s supervision to foster maximum self care
- Restore muscle function through effective therapeutic exercise
- Improve ability to walk while preventing fall risk
- Determine the most appropriate home equipment needs
- Home safety evaluation and education
- Restore ability to self care at home such as bathing, dressing, grooming and basic household
- Establish a daily routine and to promote independence
- Restore ability to swallow safely
- Improve ability to communicate
- Improve memory & cognitive skills
- Deal with social and emotional counseling
- Educate patient and allow family’s participation in providing care
- Refer to community resources to help with financial concerns
- Identify and assess nutrition risk, develop
strategies, and provide nutrition instructions to bring a patient out of a state of risk and into a state of wellness.
- Assist with personal care
- Help with in-home needs