Essential Home Health Care Rehabilitation Therapies
Medical Social Worker
Essential Home Health Care provides comprehensive in-home medical social work services to patients who are unable to leave their homes. Our professional social workers will assess the patient’s emotional, environmental, psychological, and social needs to ensure that the patient’s home is the safest place for healing.
Medical social workers collaborate closely with each patient’s homecare team to ensure that their care plan will help them achieve greater health and independence.
Medical Social Work Services in the Home:
- In-home evaluation to identify limitations, barriers, or safety concerns.
- Treatment and monitoring of patients who have significant social and emotional issues that are affecting their health.
- Development and re-evaluation of the physician’s plan of care on a regular basis
- Patients and their families can benefit from education and counseling.
- Connect patients and families to community resources and support.
- Assist patients in expanding and strengthening their social support network.
Collaboration in Healthcare
Medical social workers conduct a thorough assessment of the patient’s support needs and work with the patient, their family, and the healthcare team to develop an individualized discharge plan. This includes coordinating arrangements for caregiving services, medical equipment, transportation, meals, and counseling needs to ensure a smooth transition home. Once patients are discharged, medical social workers make follow-up visits to ensure that they are adhering to their care plans and can identify and address any problems that may arise.
Compassionate Guidance
It can be difficult to return home after an illness or procedure. Medical social workers are aware of the stress and uncertainty that accompany recovery and can provide compassionate care and emotional support to patients and their families. Patients who are educated have better outcomes, according to studies, and medical social workers work to help patients and their families understand, accept, and follow medical recommendations. Medical social workers use their extensive knowledge of the health care system to connect patients with the resources available to them in order to improve their quality of life and reduce hospital readmissions. This includes educating patients and their families on community assistance programs, health insurance coverage, and referrals to support groups. Their main priority is to ensure that all of the patient’s physical and mental needs are met throughout their treatment.
Patient Representative
Medical social workers are a patient’s most powerful advocate, assisting in the maintenance of open lines of communication between patients and healthcare providers. Many patients face personal challenges, such as language barriers and financial constraints, which may prevent them from following medical orders. Medical social workers communicate the patient’s specific needs to their healthcare team as advocates for the patient. They can keep them up to date on any unusual circumstances that may impact the patient’s care. Healthcare teams, medical social workers, patients, and families can all collaborate to navigate and overcome obstacles in order to achieve the best possible outcome.
Our Mission
To assist our clients in maintaining a safe and healthy home environment conductive to achieving the highest level of functional independence in the comfort of their homes.