Services: Home Health Services Offered
Skilled Nursing
Hebrew Community Services nurses are trained to meet the special needs of older adults and adults with chronic illness. They provide hands-on care, offer instruction in self-care, preventative health and wellness, and instruct family members on how to help their older relatives achieve and maintain an optimal level of well-being. Our nurses also supervise home health aides who provide in-home personal assistance. Request an aide by calling 860-523-3888, sending an email to HomeHealth_Info@HebrewHealthCare.org, or downloading a request form.
Rehabilitation
Our staff of rehabilitation therapists, physical and occupational therapists, speech therapists, and consulting physiatrist are available to help adults of any age who have experienced a loss of function due to illness or injury. We customize individual programs to meet individual needs. Our program recommendations might include therapeutic exercise; re-training for activities of daily living such as bathing, dressing, feeding, or walking; speech therapy exercises and communication; or changes in the patient's home or special equipment to enhance mobility and safety. Request an aide by calling 860-523-3888, sending an email to HomeHealth_Info@HebrewHealthCare.org, or downloading a request form.
Social Work
Medical social workers will help patients and their families adapt to changes or stresses that might emerge during a period of illness or injury. They provide information regarding the range of financial and community services that are available to people undergoing rehabilitation. Request an aide by calling 860-523-3888, sending an email to HomeHealth_Info@HebrewHealthCare.org, or downloading a request form.
Home Health Aides
Home Health Aides provide individualized, personal care to adults in their own homes under the supervision of a home health nurse. Examples of such care include bathing, light housekeeping, feeding, and dressing. In addition, our Home Health Aides are trained to help clients comply with home exercise programs, as established by a physical therapist or registered nurse. Another important function performed by Hebrew Community Services' Home Health Aides is to help maximize the safety and security of clients in their homes, including helping clients implement safety recommendations made by our nurses. Request an aide by calling 860-523-3888, sending an email to HomeHealth_Info@HebrewHealthCare.org, or downloading a request form.
Home Care
Our Home Care companions provide non-health related, in-home services. We offer homemaker services such as laundry, meal preparation, and light housekeeping; companion services such as transportation to off-site appointments and assistance with grocery and personal shopping; and chore services such as heavy cleaning. Request an aide by calling 860-523-3888, sending an email to HomeHealth_Info@HebrewHealthCare.org, or downloading a request form.
Hospice
Hospice is a special way of caring for those who are facing a life limiting illness; it is based on the belief that people who are facing an illness such as, heart disease, dementia, lung disease and cancer may have needs. To follow each patient as their disease progresses, hospice will offer care at different levels to meet patient and family needs. The hospice program will also provide bereavement services for 13 months after death.
The hospice program at Hebrew Health Care engages a team of professionals to work with patients and their families. Nurses and home health aides address physical needs, medical social workers assist patients and families with emotional support and resources, and our chaplain focuses on the individuals spiritual need. Therapists and counselors offer additional support. Volunteers will give caregivers a break by listening to a lifetime of stories, record oral histories, read or write letters for the patient and provide emotional support. The hospice team will be led by Kate Politis Collette, the new Director of Hospice services.
