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CareAll offers the following for patients with Type I & II, Gestational and Juvenile diabetes.
Skilled Nursing:
• Provide teaching on importance of proper diet regime and compliance
• Provide teaching on importance of blood glucose monitoring
• Provide teaching on medications and importance of medication compliance
• Provide teaching on importance of good skin and foot care
• Monitor blood glucose levels and report abnormal levels to primary care provider
• Perform blood draws for HgbA1C levels as ordered by primary care provider
• Assess patient for signs and symptoms of complications related to diabetes
Physical Therapy:
• Anodyne Therapy available for patients with diabetic neuropathy(in some areas)
• Home exercise program teaching
Home Health Aides:
• Assist diabetic patients with ADLs & IADLs
• Assist Skilled Nurse in patient weight monitoring
In addition to these services, CareAll Home Care will work with a Durable Medical Company to ensure that diabetic patients have the proper equipment and supplies to monitor their diabetes.
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CareAll Home Care’s Fall Prevention program is a multi-disciplinary approach to reducing falls in the home. We use the following five disciplines to achieve our goals:
Nursing
•Patients are assessed upon admission, recertification, and as needed for potential for falls.
•Evaluation is based upon intrinsic and extrinsic such as vision, pain, incontinence, cognition, medications, and environmental.
•Teaching is provided based upon the findings of the assessment and referrals made to appropriate disciplines.
•Medications are reviewed for side effects, adverse effects, and duplicative therapy. Teaching is provided upon medications and measures to assist in decreasing falls.
Physical Therapy
•Patients are evaluated for falls based upon a home safety assessment, strength training, gait training, and balance testing.
•Interventions and teaching for patients with fall potential include balance training, pain modalities, home modifications, incontience training; and core strengthening exercises, such as Tai Chi.
Occupational Therapy
•Patients are assessed for ability to perform ADLs and IADLs.
•Interventions include adaptive equipment to assist with ADLs and IADLs and home modifications
Medical Social Services
•Home safety assessments are conducted and recommendations are made for modifications.
•Patients are provided education on community and financial resources to assist with obtaining equipment and assistive devices.
Home Health Aides
•Assists the nursing and therapy staff to identify fall triggers in home.
•Reports changes in patient’s musculoskeletal status, vision status, and cognition to nursing.
•Reports patient falls, new bruising, or new skin tears to nursing.
•Reports any patient complaints relating to new meds, new/faulty equipment to nursing or therapy.
Defending against the Flu
The human body has an incredible immune protection system that is ready and waiting to attack any foreign intruders in body. The attacks happen to us each and every day from poor nutrition, stress, pollution, and fatigue, all a result of unhealthy lifestyles. One of the best ways to build your immune system is to protect yourself at the cellular level with proper nutrients that is food for immune cell production needed to keep your body protected from unwanted invaders getting inside your body.
1 –Stay away from Sugar and Processed Foods: Sugar decreases the function of your immune system, and as you likely know, a strong immune system is key to fighting off viruses and other illness. Be aware that sugar is present in foods you may not suspect, like ketchup and fruit juice.
2 – Rest, Rest, Rest: Just like it becomes harder for you to get your daily tasks done if you’re tired, if your body is overly fatigued it will be harder for it to fight the flu.
3 – Have Effective Tools to Address Stress: We all face some stress every day, but if stress becomes overwhelming then your body will be less able to fight off the flu and other illness. If you feel that stress is taking a toll on your health it is time to recharge your mind and body with a little TCL. Treat yourself to a mini vacation (2-3 days is a real healing retreat); reflexology session (stimulate nervous system; improve circulation, remove toxins from the body); full body massage (relax the muscles and relieve pain); get a facial (relaxation for the mind and body); Meditation; Music; Sauna; Bubble Bath; Nature; etc.
4 – Exercise: When you exercise, you increase your circulation and your blood flow throughout your body. Consider exercises like Tai Chi; Yoga; Rebounder(mini trampoline); Dancing and Walking are known as the immune system building exercise. The components of your immune system are also better circulated, which means your immune system has a better chance of finding an illness before it spreads.
5 – Take a good source of the alphabet vitamins ABCDE: Increase your intake of healthy organic vitamin sources, which is crucial for maintaining health. The alphabet vitamins are the body’s foundation in protecting the body’s cell, organs, and systems. The alphabet vitamins are the necessary food supplementation that feeds the body since most foods are deprived of vitamins and minerals.
6 – Wash Your Hands: Washing your hands will decrease your likelihood of spreading a virus to your nose, mouth or other people.
7 – Keep your distance from people who have symptoms and if you’re sick, do everyone else a favor and stay home.
As many of you are aware, TennCare is in the process of making cuts to its rolls in Tennessee. When a current beneficiary is notified that their eligibility may be in jeopardy, they are asked to respond to a Request for Information or RFI. If this step is not taken by the beneficiary they will automatically be cut from TennCare. The state has recently issued a letter to TennCare Providers giving some information about patients who have been cut because they did not respond to the RFI. If you become aware of any patient who has lost their TennCare coverage and you believe it may be due to a failure to respond to the RFI you may direct them to call the Family Assistance Service Center toll free at 1-866-311-4287. In the Nashville area they may call, 743-2000.
If you know of someone who has been cut, or may potentially be cut please use the following as a reference.
In conjunction with the 19th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (July 26), the U.S. Department of Labor has renamed and relaunched its Web site as Disability.gov. The site offers comprehensive information about programs and services for more than 50 million Americans with disabilities, their family members, veterans, employers, educators, caregivers and anyone interested in disability-related information.
The new Web site (formerly DisabilityInfo.gov) integrates content from 22 federal agencies and will be managed by the Labor Department. New features include a Twitter feed, social bookmarking and a user-friendly way to obtain answers to questions on such topics as finding employment and job accommodations.
