Since 1994, NKCH Home Health has been serving the Kansas City communities of Jackson, Clay, Platte and Ray counties. If you have just been discharged from a hospital or nursing facility, North Kansas City Hospital Home Health will help ease the transition as you return home to recuperate. Our highly skilled nurses, therapists, social workers and certified aides come to your home to provide the medical care you need. Even if you haven’t recently been in the hospital, we can help you manage your chronic health conditions that make it more difficult for you to function at home.
Our home health staff can help with:
-Blood draws for lab tests
-Catheter care
-Coordinating services from wound care centers, dialysis providers and outpatient chemotherapy facilities
-Diabetes management
-Lung conditions, including COPD
-Heart conditions, including heart failure
-Orthopedic conditions, including recovery from total joint replacement
-Neurological conditions
-Home safety assessments and recommendations
-Injections
-IV infusion therapy
-LSVT Big and LSVT Loud programs for people with Parkinson’s disease
-Lymphedema care
-Medication management
-Ostomy care
-Ongoing communication with your physician
-Pain management
-Personal care and bathing assistance
-Personalized patient, family and/or caregiver education and training
-Personal and financial concerns, emotional support and counseling, transportation, help with meals, and finding community resources, including help with medication costs
-Physical and occupational therapy
-Remote patient monitoring
-Skilled nursing
-Social work
-Speech therapy, including VitalStim
-Training in the use of assistive equipment
-Wound care
Proven Home Health Care
Our home health program is consistently ranked among the top agencies in the U.S. by independent organizations that review patient satisfaction scores and clinical outcomes. Those rankings mean you can have confidence in the care we provide.
Home Health earns high marks on quality from:
-High ratings on patient satisfaction surveys
-Home Health Care Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS)
-Medicare.gov
-HomeCare Elite
NKCH Home Health is also:
-Licensed by the state of Missouri
-Certified by Medicare
-Accredited by the Joint Commission, which accredits more than 20,000 health care organizations across the United States
““The home health nurse contacted my doctor several times, saving me numerous calls and giving me peace of mind."”
Patient“"Our Home Health nurse helped my husband understand his illness and how to manage as independently as possible. They also helped me as a caretaker understand my role."”
Family Member““My therapist worked with me to help me gain confidence and independence."”
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