Home Health Physical Therapy
Move it or Lose it...
Home Health is a general setting in therapy that focuses on
treating and educating patients that are considered home-bound due to
physical ailment, mental deficit or recent surgical procedure who
dependent or unable to leave the home with considerable assistance from
others. Home health clinicians aim to increase patient safety,
functional indepedence and overall quality of life. A multitude of
treatments is available to patients in the home setting dependent on
their diagnosis and plan of care. Treatments can include the following
but are not limited to strengthening exercises, education on fall
prevention in the home, caregiver training, improving transfer skills
throughout the home, reviewing basic vital signs and checking
medications, maintaining a clear line of communication between the
therapy and medical team, ordering equipment or assistive devices in the
home.