We offer a wide-array and comprehensive specialized home health care services to fit your needs
24 hours, live-in or something in between, we can accommodate many schedules. Whether you are looking for something as simple as a companion or something more specialized like Alzheimer's and dementia, we have the staff and training to support your need.
Mental Health & Wellness
DeMiu Home Healthcare realizes that mental health is a very important part of our health and can directly affect our physical well-being. We support the treatment of individuals and help them, and their families live with and recover from mental illness. With our qualified team of psychiatric nurses and social workers work with your psychiatrist and psychologist to create a plan of care to support an individual’s treatment and management of daily life.
We care for patients with mental health conditions or disorders including but not limited to.
1. Anxiety
2. Hoarding
3. Bipolar
4. Schizophrenia 5. Depression
6. Grief
Personal Care
- Meal preparation
- Getting in and out of bed
- Walking, stand by and assist
- Bathing, toileting and dressing
- Medication reminders
- Appointment scheduling
- Answering the phone and door
- Handling mail
- Reading, playing cards and other activities
Rehabilitation
We all want a speedy recovery. DeMiu Home Health Care can help return lost skills and bring back strength and mobility. Our skilled therapy services offer physical, occupational and speech therapy and orthopedic therapy.
Whether you or your loved one is experiencing post-operative recovery, short-term rehab, or long-term rehab our therapists are available for individuals of all ages. DeMiu's skilled therapists, nurses, assistants and other professionals team with patients and residents, their physicians and their family members to develop and implement comprehensive, individualized recovery plans that return them to the dignity, respect and quality of life they are accustomed to.
- Physical Therapy- Care will be individualized.
- Occupational Therapy- Care will be individualized.
- Speech Therapy- Care will be individualized
- Orthopedic Care.
Respite Care
Caring for a loved one can be stressful. If you are struggling to take care of your love one respite care may be the answer. This is where you can have some time to take care of yourselves.
- Offer relief, downtime and escape
- Prevent the buildup of resentment
- Improve the health and happiness of you and your loved one
- Allow you to feel revived and refocused when you return
Palliative Therapy Program
The goal of palliative care is to improve the quality of life for both the patient and their family. For those patients that aren’t ready for hospice, but struggle with daily activities, pain, or added stress to their family and other caregivers, the palliative therapy program at DeMiu is the perfect solution. DeMiu can provide
the three C- Comfort, Caring, and Caution. Our therapists are trained to perform a complete safety evaluation of the home and all equipment and to make recommendations for equipment upgrades and repairs as needed. They will then train patient and caregiver extensively to ensure that both are capable of safety using all equipment to maximize function and limit the risk of injury. Further, therapists can assess all current equipment for appropriate fit and safety and make minor modifications when indicated. If necessary, a medical social worker can be consulted to look for additional resources for equipment and funds if shortcomings are found.
Dementia Program
Our dementia program focuses on the clinical symptoms of this debilitating disease that are often severe enough to interfere with daily functioning and quality of life. We offer compassionate medical approach that promotes safety and functional ability by implementing both nursing and therapy interventions. A physical therapist will focus on fall prevention while speech and occupational therapist will focus on improving communication and cognition.
Home Health Aid
Home Care and Non-Medical Services- We provide additional assistance with activities of daily living that are non-medical, such as bathing, light housekeeping, meal preparation, companionship and transportation. Our professional nursing staff can help. These services are generally private pay or covered by long-term insurance.
Pain Management
Millions of Americans suffer from chronic pain. DeMiu can help ease and prevent pain starting with a comprehensive assessment. Safe and effective pain management includes physical therapy medication management, medical social service for counseling, and a home health aide to assist with activities of daily living caused by decreased functional ability. Our care professionals will work with you to develop pain goals.
Wound Management
This program is designed for patients with non-healing wounds or who are recovering form surgery. Our nurses can help to prevent complications and preserve function. All wounds are photographed weekly and photos are sent to the primary care physician for reviews. A certified wound care nurse oversees the care of all patients in the wound care program, and weekly conferences are held with an interdisciplinary team to ensure that the best possible healing interventions are taking place.
Diabetes
Using the cornerstone of diabetes management (meal planning, exercise, medication, and blood glucose Monitoring), our skilled clinicians will work to establish a plan of care that teaches new skills and educates family and caregivers on the ever-changing treatment of this disease. DeMiu utilizes both registered dieticians and diabetes educators to develop and assist patients with realistic meal planning. Infrared light therapy is also utilized and geared towards improving functional mobility and reducing fall risk.
Social Worker
Our social workers will be working with each individuals, families, or groups to enhance the individual well- being. Our aim is to help client’s function at the highest level of care.
Parkinson Disease
Quality of life is impaired by both physical and psychosocial limitations. The goal of our program is to improve motor function with the use of physical therapy, while at the same time promoting quality of life by addressing psychosocial concerns through medical social workers. Nursing interventions focus on disease management and safety in the home environment.
COPD Program
Here at DeMiu Home Healthcare we realized the difficulties associated with living COPD. Our skilled clinicians provide care, therapies and educations that will assist in your ability to manage your COPD, decrease your need for emergency room visits, and most importantly help you to enjoy a better quality of life. We will work closely with your physician to develop a plan of care that meets your individual treatment goals and includes disease management, medication education and compliance, environmental assessment and safety issues, nutritional and lifestyles modifications.
Congestive Heart Failure
Congestive Health Failure is one of the most prevalent reasons for hospital admission and the course of the disease in any given patient is extremely variable. This program is designed to prevent recurrent hospitalizations through cardiac rehabilitation and nursing interventions. We focus on diet, disease, and medication management.
Home Infusion Services
Special training and certifications are required to administer infusion therapies. We have the staff to deliver infusion therapy.
- Intravenous Antibiotics infusions • Anti-fungal infusions
- Total parental nutrition
- Catheter care
- Iv nutritional therapy
- Intramuscular antibiotic injections • Hydrations
- Wound care creams
Palliative Therapy Program
The goal of palliative care is to improve the quality of life for both the patient and their family. For those patients that aren’t ready for hospice, but struggle with daily activities, pain, or added stress to their family and other caregivers, the palliative therapy program at DeMiu is the perfect solution. DeMiu can provide the three C- Comfort, Caring, and Caution. Our therapists are trained to perform a complete safety evaluation of the home and all equipment and to make recommendations for equipment upgrades and repairs as needed. They will then train patient and caregiver extensively to ensure that both are capable of safety using all equipment to maximize function and limit the risk of injury. Further, therapists can assess all current equipment for appropriate fit and safety and make minor modifications when indicated. If necessary, a medical social worker can be consulted to look for additional resources for equipment and funds if shortcomings are found.
Senior Safety
This program’s focus is improved balance through interventions from physical therapy as well as improved over all safety through nursing interventions. These include medication management and drug reconciliation, prevention of dehydration which leads to orthostatic hypotension, and pain assessment and interventions. In addition, all patients on the program will receive a detailed home inspection for safety which includes simple preventative advice and recommendations for DME equipment.