Home Care
Home Health Services
Most people prefer to be at home when recovering from an illness or surgery. Rapid City Regional's Home Care program allows people to "take healthcare home."
Home Health is appropriate when the patient is homebound and has skilled medical needs.
"The home health program is wonderful. All the nurses are great. Home Care allows me greater independence and to be home with my husband and my dog. The home care program has given me a better outlook on life."
Home Health Provides:
- Skilled Nursing Services
- Follow-up after surgery (wound care assessments)
- Skilled monitoring of chronic problems such as cancer, diabetes, heart and lung disease
- Teaching for diagnosis
- Sterile dressing changes
- Aide assistance with personal care, household services or exercises
- Physical and Occupational Therapy
- Speech Therapy
- Psychiatric Nursing
- Medical Social Work Services
- Case Management of chronic problems
- Antepartum high-risk home visit assessments and monitoring
- Postpartum mother and baby assessments
- Nursing consultations are available on call, 24 hours a day, seven days a week