Who cares for you?

Skilled Nurses
Our registered or licensed practical nurses will come to your home to give injections, manage IVs, do dressing changes, catheter insertions, irrigations, assessment of unstable blood pressure, pulse, or teaching with a new diagnosis such as diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, or heart failure. We have a nurse available on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week to respond to questions and health concerns.
 
Certified Wound Care
Our Wound Care Specialist will assess the patient's overall health including nutrition, mobility, medications and skin condition noting any indication of infection, size, location of the wound and contributing factors. She will continue to oversee the treatment of the wound, provide education to improve nutrition, decrease risk of infection, and improve mobility or position changes to reduce pressure to the skin surface.

Home Health Aides
Home Health Aides assist in caring for our patients through daily living tasks, promoting safety in the home. These services include: bathing, grooming and dressing, light housekeeping as well as meal planning and preparation.

Physical Therapists
Will come to your home for rehabilitation including a therapeutic program of exercises and instruction to regain mobility following a stroke, fracture, or other injury.

Occupational Therapists
Will teach or train patients in daily living, especially working with the upper extremities with dressing, bathing, and self care.

Speech Therapists
Help attain optimal levels of communications skills that are helpful after a stroke or surgery. The therapist may also help with the individual having difficulty swallowing.

Social Workers
Counsel patients and their families about psychosocial and financial concerns. May also help with health care planning.

Patient Support Volunteers
HomeCare Matters augments their professional staff with the use of specially trained volunteers. Volunteers may provide support such as assistance with errands, transportation and friendly visits.