Home Health Care Selection Guide By Solidex Home Healthcare Services
Families often face challenges when a family member struggles with day-to-day activities. The same is true of trying to be available as much as possible to help. In particular, it can be emotionally and physically exhausting when a loved one suffers from a memory disorder.
A home care professional will ease your loved one’s and your own concerns. Rather than sending your loved one to a nursing home, you can hire care that comes to you and help your loved one with the day-to-day activities essential for living a healthy life.
However, before hiring a home health care nurse for your loved one, it is crucial to find someone with the right skills and experience. At Solidex Home Healthcare Services, we deliberately invest in training up our home health professionals. Our health care professionals are well-trained and equipped with excellent professional skills and knowledge, which makes our services stand out amongst the best. We strongly believe in continuous improvement; hence we seek to continually develop the most creative, innovative, and personalized homecare experiences for our clients and patients. Here’s a list of services offered,
1. Post-surgery care
This includes pain control, assessment of the surgical site and drainage tubes, monitoring the rate and patency of IV fluids and IV access, and assessing the patient’s level of sensation, circulation, and safety.
2. Chronic disease: Hypertension management
- High Cholesterol
- Arthritis
- Ischemic Heart Disease
- Diabetes
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Heart Failure
- Depression
- Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
3. IV Chemotherapy administration
- Our nurses will perform a nursing assessment, confirm patient allergies, and evaluate baseline symptoms.
- Verify signed consent (for treatment) has been obtained and signed by the provider and patient.
- Monitor and verify laboratory values within an acceptable range for dosing.
- Take measures to prevent medication errors and ensure patient safety.
- Perform an independent verification of the original chemotherapy order with a second chemotherapy-certified RN.
- Confirm the appropriate treatment regimen, chemotherapy agent, dose, body surface area (BSA) calculation, schedule, and route of administration.
- Recalculate chemotherapy doses independently for accuracy.
- Verify appropriate premedication and pre-hydration orders.
- Ensure patients are educated and address outstanding questions.
- Safely handle all hazardous medications to reduce exposure to self and others.
4. Wound care and wound vac
Our nurses will use the wound vac machine according to a physician’s order only. They will monitor the function and patency of the wound vac and tubing, plus respond to any alarms for leaks and interruptions in suction.
5. Trach care
Our nurses provide tracheostomy care for clients with a new or recent tracheostomy to maintain patency of the tube and minimize the risk for infection by ensuring regular suctioning and cleaning as often as every one to two hours.
Aspects that make us second to none
Care area of specialization
We specialize in providing comprehensive, in-home care services to residents of Lincolnwood, Illinois. Thanks to our trained, compassionate professional team, you can expect nothing less than attentive care that’s precisely customized to suit you or your loved one.
Our review and track record
Our amazing patients and their loved ones make a true impact on the work we do through their reviews and testimonials. We believe it is because of them that we can continue to bring the Solidex Home Healthcare Services difference to all.
If you’re looking for a home healthcare provider in Lincolnwood, Illinois, reach out to Solidex Home Healthcare Services. We are a state-licensed and highly professional home healthcare agency with an excellent track record offering in-home care and home nursing services to promote the health and well-being of our clients of all ages and, in particular, our senior citizens.
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