Home Health
Services through Home Health and Public Health are available to everyone residing in Mitchell County, from the young to the elderly, no matter what income, race, or gender.
The office is open from 8 am to 4 pm, Monday through Friday. If you need to contact us after these hours, please call our office to talk to a nurse. A qualified nurse is on-call to accept patient referrals and to handle patient emergencies as needed.
What is Home Care?
Home care includes a range of medical, social, assistive, and other services provided in an individual's home when a person needs care after a hospital visit or requires long-term care. Home care services are appropriate whenever a person prefers to stay at home or is homebound but needs ongoing care.
These services are provided by nurses, therapists, home health aides, and other direct-care staff under the direction of a physician's order. The focus of these services includes prevention, recuperation, and/or an alternative to higher-cost institutional care that would otherwise be provided in a hospital or nursing facility.
Patients receiving home care include:
- Newborns/mothers eligible for maternal infant care services
- Young children and adults in need of at-home therapy
- Elderly patients who benefit from the services of a skilled nurse to help treat chronic medical conditions
- Patients receiving wound care following surgery
- Individuals with disabilities who may be homebound and require assistive services to meet activities of daily living, such as feeding, bathing, and other forms of self-care
