HEALTH
CARE SERVICES
1.Rehabilitation
health care services
Rehabilitation is an important
follow up aspect that goes with injuries, operations, and sickness
in general. Many rehabilitation services take care of such needs
with specially designed programs. Some of these are: Occupational
therapy (help in daily activities), Speech therapy (for those
with vocal/auditory problems), and physical therapy (dealing with
physical injuries and mobility).
2. Skilled nursing
facilities
Take care of people with various
forms of disabilities by providing full accommodation and therapy.
This includes speech, stroke, occupational, and rehabilitative
services and therapies. The stay could be short or extended. Special
diets and other recreational facilities are also included.
3. Alzheimer health
care services
Alzheimer’s disease involves
progressive deterioration in memory in the elderly, and requires
these people to be constantly attended to. Various service providers
provide a variety of specially designed programs that you need
to choose from depending upon a number of factors like the physical
state of the suffering person and financial status. These include
adult day care, assisted living, home health care, skilled nursing
care and Special Care Units (SCUs) within nursing homes.
4. Hospice
In 1994 over 300,000 persons chose
the services of nearly 2,500 hospices in the U.S. The patients
suffered from such ailments as cancer, AIDS, Lou Gehrig's disease,
heart or lung diseases, etc.
The primary function of a hospice
is to manage pain, take care of social, emotional, and spiritual
needs of the patient and the family, and provide an adequate mental
and spiritual preparation for death. The hospice service is covered
under the Medicare program.
6. Assisted Living
health care services
Meant for the elderly who need
help living on their own, assisted living facilities provide a
place to live, socialize, and enjoy the twilight years on one’s
life. Facilities include furnished accommodation, personal assistants,
recreation, and wellness programs.
7. Outpatient
therapy clinics
These specialty clinics help in
common injuries and casualties and provide sports medicine, industrial,
pediatric, physical, occupational, speech, aquatic and orthopedic
therapy.
8. Work injury
management
These services cater to companies,
employers, and insurance agencies. The aim is to evaluate, monitor,
and restore injured workers back to their respective work quickly
and with ease. Includes on-site therapy and peer review services.
9. Acuity services/Subacute
services for transfers
These services cater to complex
medical cases and postoperative care for the critically ill. The
cases include those of joint replacement, oncology, stroke rehabilitation,
wound care for ulcers, burns, cellulitis, etc. A team of highly
qualified professionals provides these services.
