To be eligible to
receive Apollo Home Care Inc skilled
home care services, patients must meet several criteria,
including:
• Must have a homebound
status (difficulty leaving or moving about without
assistance).
• Must be under the care
of a physician.
• Must require additional
care following a recent hospital or nursing home
discharge.
• Must have short-term
health needs.
To help patients recover from personal injury, Apollo Home Care Inc provides victims of automobile accidents with a full range of rehabilitation services to reduce healing time and ensure a healthy road to recovery. We also offer cost-effective case management services to help guide patients to the proper "next steps."
The Apollo Home Care Inc nursing staff specializes in disease management and education. They provide skilled services for patients, supervise other Apollo Home Care Inc caregivers and coordinate patient care with the physician. Our nurses provide many services, including:
| • Skilled assessment | • Phlebotomy services | • Education disease process |
| • Infusion therapy | • Catheter care | • Wound care/dressing changes |
| • Medication management/instruction | • Medical supplies | • Bowel and bladder program |
| • Wound VAC therapy | • Intestinal therapy | • Certified wound/ostomy |
Apollo Home Care
Inc offers a full range of therapy options to help
reduce patient recovery time and assist with problems that
accompany illness or inhibit recovery. Our team consists of
skilled physical, occupational and speech/language therapists who
provide a number of
services:
Physical
Therapy
| • Anodyne Therapy System* | • Aqua Relief System** | • Gait training & exercises |
| • Tens unit | • Balance and transfer training | • Rehabilitation techniques |
| • Home exercise programs | • Symptom control education |
• Ultrasound therapy
|
*Pain relief system
designed to stimulate healing and relieve
pain
**Pain relief system
designed to manage pain and increase circulation using heat
and cold therapy
Occupational Therapy
| • Daily living activities | • Work simplification | • Fine motor coordination |
| • Orthotics/splinting |
• Adaptive equipment
|
Speech Therapy
| • Voice disorder treatments | • Speech articulation | • Swallowing treatments |
| • Language disorders | • Memory retraining | • Cognitive retraining |
Medical social
workers lend support to patients and families with coordination
of community resources, short-term and transitional
counseling and alternative living (assisted living or nursing
facility) needs assessments.
• Assessment of social
and emotional actors related to illness
• Community resource
coordination
• Brief individual and
family therapy sessions
• Needs assessment for
alternative (assisted living and nursing
facilities)
• Transitional
counseling
Home health aides are
available to assist with patient personal care needs including
personal hygiene. They also provide light housekeeping and
meal preparation.
| •
Assistance to patient personal care needs (under the supervision of a nurse) |
• Personal hygiene |
| • Preparation of light meals | • Light housekeeping |