Hamilton Memorial Home Health Agency offers a range of services provided by Registered Nurses, Home Health Aides, Physical Therapists, Speech Therapists, Occupational Therapists, and a Social Worker. All services are performed under the direction of your physician.

Care provided by the Registered Nurse is directed towards:

• wound care
• catheter maintenance
• diet therapy
• ileostomy, colostomy care
• patient education
• lab work (blood, urine, etc)
• medication monitoring
• teaching basic nursing care
• teaching disease process
• diabetic care
• IV Therapy

Care provided by the Aide is directed toward:

• assisting in personal care
• bathing
• skin care

Care provided by the Physical Therapist is directed toward:

• theraputic exercises
• muscle strengthening
• transfer training
• gait training
• muscle re-education skills

Care provided by the Speech Therapist is directed toward:

• retraining of language
• retraining in swallowing
• retraining in hearing
• retraining in memory

Care provided by Occupational Therapy

• evaluate physical setting
• evaluate physical/mental limitations and assets
• recognition and prevention of disabilities and restoration toward normal health and function
• coordination of activities with community agencies
• continued therapy after hospitalization
• adjustments and modifications in daily activities

Care provided by the Medical Social Worker

• assess and help client's social and emotional needs
• assist client advance directives
• assess financial needs and available resources