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According to the American Heart Association, about 74.5 million people in the United States age 20 and older have high blood pressure or hypertension. Uncontrolled high blood pressure can lead to stroke, heart attack, heart failure, or kidney failure. At CareAll Home Care Services, we can help you and your patients manage their blood pressure at an optimal level. CareAll provides the following in home care for Hypertension.
- Every Visit. Every Time – Having frequent, accurate blood pressure readings is the key to understanding and managing a patient’s hypertension. That’s why CareAll staff members obtain a blood pressure onevery patient, during each and everyhome visit.
- Patient Education – Our skilled nurses teach your patients about the disease process of high blood pressure, and provide instruction for other measures to help control their blood pressure, such as nutritional counseling and relaxation techniques.
- Medication Compliance – CareAll Home Care has achieved a top ranking in Medicare’s “Improvement in Oral Medications” outcome measure. Knowledge and understanding form the critical basis for optimal patient compliance. We provide your patients with medication instruction including purpose, dosage, therapeutic response, and side effects.
- Continuity of Care – CareAll understands the important role we play in providing physicians with a more complete understanding of a patient’s health between visits. Our Nurses will provide you with up to date information on your patients. Together we can help your patients manage their high blood pressure.
Retha Dobson, HHA, Huntingdon Office
CareAll would like to honor Retha Dobson, HHA, of the Huntingdon office, who has worked for the company since 1993. Sanna Evans, director of patient services, says, “Retha goes above her job description. She is always willing to help any of her co-workers and patients and does it with a smile on her face. Retha has prepared and brought food for many of her patients who need it.”
“She is always willing to give that extra bath or fix her patient’s hair for a doctor’s appointment, a funeral or a wedding,” Sanna said. “She is always willing to spend that extra time with the patients who just want to talk. She has an infectious attitude I wish we all could have every day.”
Sanna said Retha had a female patient who recently passed away only three weeks after her husband had died. Retha is spending her own time visiting the couple’s daughter to assist in her grieving. “I love my job,” Retha said. “I love meeting people and helping. They are home-bound and I am the only person they see. A true social bond develops between us.”
Retha used to spend her free time riding horses but now dotes on her grandchildren, Danielle, 15, and Jason, 12.
The Huntingdon office is extremely proud of Retha and all she does for her patients and co-workers.
Congress is proposing to drastically reduce Medicare reimbursement for home health services to the chronically sick and elderly. They plan on cutting $57 billion out of the Medicare home health benefit over 10 years. Home health represents only 4.5% of the total Medicare budget, but 11% of the proposed total cuts.
Home health is a key solution for lowering the cost of health care. It is the most cost effective way to care for the sick and elderly. More importantly, the sick and elderly want to stay in their home. They recover more quickly at home with family and friends. Without home health care, seniors will be readmitted into hospitals and transferred to nursing homes, both of which will put a greater financial burden on our Medicare system.
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Sammye L Bean, 96 years of age, is a long time resident of Kingston who lives alone in her own home. Ms Bean has been a CareAll Home Care patient since it began in Kingston on May 1, 2005. Ms. Bean currently receives Skilled Nursing visits. She has had Physical Therapy and Home Health Aides in the past. Ms. Bean loves her CareAll nurses and without a doubt the feeling is mutual. Ms Bean is cared for by our CareAll Kingston office.
John A Johnsen, 85 years of age, his wife Elinor was our patient until her passing in March. We admitted him in April for aftercare of surgery to repair his digestive system. Our Physical Therapists are treating him for muscle weakness, and osteoarthrosis. Mr Johnsen is also very grateful to CareAll for the services provided to him and his wife. Mr Johnsen lives in Rockwood, TN and is cared for by our CareAll office in Kingston, TN.
