Home Health Available Services


Our team of Healthcare professionals provide individualized care to each patient. Working under the direction of the patients' physician, this qualified group provides a wide range of  services

   • Skilled Nursing
   • Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapy
   • Medical Social Services
   • Personal Care in Conjunction with Other Services
   • Tele-health

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Skilled Nursing:
Nursing care provided by licensed professionals includes:
  • patient/caregiver teaching  • Infusion Therapy Services include:
  • diabetic management     • Administration of antibiotics and pain control medications
  • wound and ostomy care     •  PICC line care
  • restorative nursing     • Hydration
  • management of medications     • All therapies are provided by our team of IV trained nurses
  • care coordination with other disciplines
     
Disease Management Programs:
Willowbrook, the first home care organization in the Middle Tennessee area to implement true disease management protocols, combines the basics of standardized “best practices” with the advantages of technology available with tele-health systems. Our disease management models are based upon levels of patient outcome achievement:

   • Safety: The patient is able to reach a stable status, limiting adverse occurrences.
   • Disease control and health promotion: The patient is able to maintain a stable status thus limiting reoccurrence
     of acute episodes.
   • Quality of life: This level is individually defined and could be an outcome that is related to safety, disease
     control or health promotion.

Rehabilitative Services:
Our team of physical, occupational and speech therapists provides intensive rehabilitation designed to return the
patient to a higher, safer level of functional mobility in the home setting.

   • Physical Therapy: Treatments are designed to return the patient to a higher level of functional mobility in the
     home through education, exercise training and direct interventions including pain management techniques,
     gait training and others.
   • Occupational Therapy: Treatments include: daily living skills, upper extremity exercise, adaptive equipment
     assessment/training and other therapeutic activities designed to promote independence and self-sufficiency in
     the home.
   • Speech Pathology: Speech-language pathologist’s focus on improving the patients ability to communicate
     wants and needs and improve swallowing capabilities through various techniques and education.

Medical Social Services:
Social Services focuses on the social and emotional aspects of illness including counseling, education regarding
advance directives, coordination of community agency support programs and family support.

Home Health Aides:
Personal care is provided by certified Home Health Aides, who under the direction of registered nurses or
therapists, assist the patient with:
  • bathing                    • skin care
  • dressing • incontinence care
  • grooming  • home exercise programs
 
Portable "ProTime" System:
Willowbrook utilizes state-of-the-art "ProTime" devices for in-home use. Patients receiving home health care from
Willowbrook can now benefit from point-of-care PT-INR testing. Benefits include:

   • Convenience for the patient: finger stick eliminates need to draw blood
   • Immediate results: reduces turnaround time and allows immediate dosage adjustment and patient education
   • No cost to the patient: available to patients qualifying for home health (Medicare)
   • Fully CLIA waived

Tele-Health Monitoring System:
   • Willowbrook was the first home care agency in Middle-Tennessee to implement a tele-monitoring system.
   • Our tele-monitoring system is customized to manage each monitored patient’s specific needs.
   • Our system provides real-time data, including blood pressure, weight, pulse rate, and oxygen levels, which is
     available for physician review and allows Willowbrook to provide pre-emptive care.
   • Tele-monitoring statistical data supports a reduced frequency of hospital / ER visits for participating patients.
   • Patients on our tele-monitoring service, and their family members, report an increased feeling of security and
     well-being surrounding the level of care and attention they receive.
   • Tele-monitoring encourages patient and family participation in the treatment plan which promotes better long-term
     outcomes.