Skilled Home Health Care
Since 1906, VNA of Erie County has been providing professional and compassionate skilled home health care services to home-bound patients in the Erie area. These services augment the institutional care of hospitals and nursing homes, providing a seamless plan of patient care based on the individual’s needs and the physician’s directions. Home health care services are delivered in the comfort of the patient’s residence, anywhere in the Erie County.
LECOM VNA Rehabilitation Therapy can help you or a loved one:
- Increase muscle strength
- Improve mobility
- Restore function
- Adapt to a permanent disability
LECOM VNA Comprehensive Rehab Services:
- Physical Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Speech Therapy
Rehab therapies can help to decrease pain and improve functionality. Therapists will advise on home modification and safety. They can also evaluate and determine home equipment needs, such as wheelchairs, walkers, and adaptive equipment. Therapists can make arrangements to order equipment and provide training and education. Advantages of VNA Rehab Services include evaluation by a licensed therapist, contact within 48 hours of referral, master’s degree prepared therapists, experienced clinical staff, and continuity of care.
Physical Therapy
- Gait training and strengthening
- Balance training
- Home medical equipment training and evaluation
- Pain assessment and treatment
- Transfer and stair training
- Energy conservation
- Fall prevention
- Home Exercise Program planning
- Electrical stimulation therapy
- Ultrasound therapy
- Patient and caregiver education
Occupational Therapy
- Improve independence in bathing, dressing, feeding, and basic household activities
- Upper extremity and hand therapy
- Adaptive equipment
- Balance and endurance training
- Visual deficit training and safety evaluation
- Community re-integration
- Energy conservation
- Home-adaptation/modification
- Restorative certified nurse assistants
Speech Therapy
- Speech articulation
- Swallowing difficulties
- Cognitive function
- Auditory/visual comprehension
- Improve communication ability