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| Nurses
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At  ri-Borough Home Care, registered nurses coordinate all aspects of care: health care services, home medical equipment, and infusion therapy. The hours of nursing services may include short term/intermittent; extended care; private duty; and around-the-clock. On home visits, our nurses practice patient-focused, family-centered care that encompasses a patient's physical and emotional health. In addition, nurses with specialty experience are available including:
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| Occupational Therapists
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These professionals help patients restore functioning, develop strength and coordination, retrain nerve pathways, and learn compensation techniques. Occupational therapists also provide observations and assessment of the patient's condition and instruction to the patient/family on self-management techniques. |
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| Physical Therapists
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These professionals provide skilled therapy interventions in the treatment of the patient's illness, rehabilitative needs, and preventive care. They use a holistic approach in providing ongoing assessment, problem identification, specific therapeutic interventions, and teaching and training activities. |
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| Speech/Language Pathologists
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Speech language pathologists evaluate patients and provide speech/language services in the home. Scope of activities includes assessment and treatment of disorders of the voice, language, hearing, swallowing; administration of diagnostic tests; audiologic screening; instruction and training in use of alternative communications systems; development of a written maintenance plan; supervision and instruction of patient and family. |
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| Home Health Aides
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Home Health Aides at ri-Borough Home Care deliver basic personal care, check vital signs such as pulse and temperature, and monitor the patient's nutrition and fluid intake. Home health aides also assist the patient with activities of daily living from bathing and personal care to light housekeeping and meal preparation. They also will spend time with patients, through such activities as talking together, reading, or listening to music. |
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| Personal Care Assistants
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These caregivers can function as companions to homebound patients or work in conjunction with home health aides and nurses on multiple cases. Responsibilities include personal care services such as talking with patients or reading aloud, simple companionship, light housekeeping and cooking, shopping and running errands, and any other activities that help the household run smoothly during an illness or personal crisis so that the family can spend more time with the patient. |
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..................................All caregivers undergo a thorough screening process, including one-on-one interviews,skill-testing, reference ..................................checks, and criminal background checks to ensure that qualified caregivers are selected.
