Home HEalth Care
Skilled Nursing
Registered Nurses provide skilled services that cannot be performed safely by non-professional personnel. These services may include intravenous therapy, wound care, physical assessments, and education on disease prevention and treatment. Nursing services also reinforce care given by family and friends through teaching and education. Home Health services are available for homebound persons with a physician’s order.
Other Services
Therapy Services
Therapy services include Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, and Speech Therapy.
Physical Therapists work to restore strength and mobility in persons who are limited or disabled by injuries or disease.
Occupational Therapists help persons who have physical problems that prevent them from performing activities of daily living. They help patients increase strength in their upper extremities.
Speech Therapists work to develop and restore speech in persons who have communication disorders as a result of injury or disease, such as a stroke.
Home Aide
Home Health Aides are Certified Nursing Assistants who help with personal care such as bathing, grooming, and dressing. They work towards helping persons become independent in these areas and are directly supervised by a Registered Nurse.
Respite Care
Access Assistance
Access Assistance is a program to refer residents of Jersey County to a variety of resources, programs and services available to seniors.
Private Pay Homemaker
Services are available to give assistance in personal care, meal preparation, laundry, light housekeeping and shopping.
new to jchd home health
Jersey County Health Department now partners with the VetAssist Program to provide home care to wartime veterans and their surviving spouses.