Home Care

• Assess, observe, and monitor illness, injury and disease processes
• Assist with management of chronic diseases focusing on people caring for themselves
• Set up medications and medication teaching
• Assist with wound care and dressings
• Evaluate and treat pain
• Provide IV therapy such as antibiotics, nutrition, and medications
• Assist with referrals to other appropriate services
• Help with requests for equipment such as walkers, wheelchairs, hospital beds, commodes, bath benches

• Assist with daily living activities such as bathing, dressing, grooming, hair care, incontinence care, skin care, transfers, walking, exercises, meal prep, medication reminders or administration.
• Provide respite to relieve the primary caregiver and perform light housekeeping

Telehealth Monitoring is a way that LifeCare Home Care is able to accurately assess a client’s health using on-line technology from a person’s home. The equipment which can be installed to any phone line, automatically prompts the user when it’s time to record vital signs such as blood pressure, weight, pulse, and oxygen levels and can be used by people with diabetes to monitor blood sugars levels. The telehealth equipment is also able to provide reminders to help clients keep track of their medical appointments and other important events.

This remote monitoring is helpful when assessing a variety of chronic conditions including congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, coronary artery disease, diabetes, and hypertension. It may also be used by a person in need of close monitoring following discharge from an emergency room visit, hospitalization, or nursing home.

Occupational Therapy

• Home assessments
• Adaptive equipment
• Therapeutic exercise
• Splinting
• Incontinence care

Physical Therapy

• Wound care
• Assistance with walking and transferring
• Therapeutic exercise
• Home exercise program

Speech Therapy

• Swallow treatment
• Communication skills
• Memory problems and problem solving skills

• Assist with short term and long term planning and decision making
• Assist with advance directive or living will
• Refer to appropriate agencies and other services as needed such as transportation assistance, and home delivered meals
• Help with financial planning
• Provide counseling and access to support groups
• Enhance communication between family members

LifeCare Medical Center Home Care and Hospice complies with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity). LifeCare Medical Center Home Care and Hospice does not exclude people or treat them differently because of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity).

LifeCare Medical Center Home Care and Hospice:

• Provides free aids and services to people with disabilities to communicate effectively with us, such as:
  • Qualified sign language interpreters
  • Written information in other formats (large print, audio, accessible electronic formats, other formats)
• Provides free language services to people whose primary language is not English, such as:
  • Qualified interpreters
  • Information written in other languages

If you need these services, contact LifeCare Social Worker at 218-463-2500

If you believe that LifeCare Medical Center Home Care and Hospice has failed to provide these services or discriminated in another way on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity).

You can file a grievance in person or by mail, fax, or email. If you need help filing a grievance, Jodi Beito, Director of Quality and Risk Management is available to help you.

You can also file a civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights, electronically through the Office for Civil Rights Complaint Portal, available at https://ocrportal.hhs.gov/ocr/portal/lobby.jsf, or by mail or phone at:
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
200 Independence Avenue, SW
Room 509F, HHH Building
Washington, D.C. 20201
1-800-368-1019, 800-537-7697 (TDD)
Complaint forms are available at https://www.hhs.gov/ocr/complaints/index.html.