Genesis Home Health

About genesis home health, inc.

Genesis Home Health, Inc. is one of the biggest Medicare / Medicaid Joint Commission accredited Home Health Agency in the Miami Dade County. For the last 17 years the agency serves more than 300 patients a month with more than 1000 active employees.

About Genesis Home Health, Inc. Now Member of the Home Health Quality Improvement (HHQI) National Campaign

Miami, Fl, January 13, 2011 - Genesis Home Health, Inc. has registered for the Home Health Quality Improvement (HHQI) National Campaign. As one of the first home health agencies to register, the agency was granted a Premier status.

During the campaign, numerous activities and training will be guided for continuous quality improvement.

Our campaign goals include improving the rate associated with acute care hospitalizations (reducing avoidable hospitalizations) and management of oral medications for home health patients. Although the campaign is led by the home health community, we are forming partnerships with other provider groups such as hospitals and physicians’ offices. At the focal point of our educational efforts is new multimedia Best Practice Intervention Packages (BPIPs) designed to educate home health agencies.

Services

Case Management Services

Case managers conduct a comprehensive assessment of client needs and, in partnership with the client, develop a plan of care, provide guidance, and monitor the provision of care and services.

Nursing Care Services

Specializes in performing skilled nursing evaluations, giving physical assessments, developing plans of care, monitoring client conditions/status, and coordinating care/services with physicians. Professional nurses also perform skilled procedures, such as wound care, as needed; provide instruction to clients and family members in disease processes and management; provide medication management; and patient education with regards to diet/nutrition and safety.

Physical Therapy Services

Specializes in improving functional limitations, which involves establishing a home exercise program designed to improve mobility, strength, range of motion, and pain management. Physical therapists may also educate caregivers with the goal of expediting healing and preventing re-injury.

Occupational Therapy Services

Specializes in treatment to assist in regaining lost motion and in restoring the ability to perform activities of daily living, such as dressing, grooming, bathing, and eating, after an accident or illness. This therapy will involve establishing a home exercise program designed to improve strength and range of motion.

Gerontological Counseling

Provides emotional support, information, and guidance, including mutual support groups for older adults who are having mental, emotional, or social adjustment problems arising as a result of the process of aging. Through counseling, clients are helped to maximize the use of available resources to assure physical and emotional well-being.

Other Services

Medical Social Workers

May provide information and/or referrals to community resources for assistance and resolve social or emotional problems which may interfere with the treatment of medical conditions or recovery.
These services may also include long term planning, assistance with advanced directives, caregiver counseling, conflict resolution, and grief and/or end of life issues.

Home Health Aide Services

Provides personal care and assistance with activities of daily living such as: bathing, dressing, care for hair and teeth, assisting with exercises, ambulation, transfers, and repositioning. Other duties may include changing bed linens, light cleaning, and meal preparation during visits. Home Health Aides are supervised by Registered Nurses and Physical Therapists.

Personal Care Services

Provides assistance with bathing, dressing, and personal hygiene.

Homemaker Services

Includes housekeeping, laundry, meal planning and preparation, and routine house-hold activities by a trained homemaker, only when the caregiver and client are physically unable to provide the service.

Escort Services

Provides personal accompaniment (not transportation) to or from service providers, medical appointments, or other destinations needed by the client.

Companionship Services

Non-medical supervision and one-to-one socialization designed for clients who are lonely and in need of human contact

Respite Services

Non-medical assistance and supervision provided to a client for the purpose of giving relief and rest to a family member/caregiver.

Chore Services

Includes household chores, such as washing floors, windows, walls, and appliances in order to maintain a clean, sanitary, and safe living environment.