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Rehabilitation Care at Home: Beyond Home Health
Traditionally, patients that require medically-necessary rehabilitation care are offered placement in a skilled nursing facility (SNF) or subacute rehab (SAR) to receive these services. In…
Care at Home, Dementia, and Reducing the Risk of Deconditioning
Deconditioning, or a decline in physical fitness and wellness during a hospital stay, is challenging for anyone but especially difficult for people living with dementia….
“I really learned how to be involved and take care of myself.”
Michael is usually healthy and active, always in motion at his job managing a restaurant and never letting much slow him down. It was a…
“It actively supports and encourages independence.”
While many of us require more help as we age, maintaining a degree of independence is important. Perry and his wife Cheryl have found this…
Physician Spotlight: Dr. Sowjanya Bapani, Marshfield Clinic Health System
Dr. Sowjanya Bapani’s journey as a hospitalist working with the Marshfield Clinic Home Recovery Care program began in 2016, when the program was still new….
“I got better rest and I think the medication worked better too.”
At the end of January, Virgina Mason Franciscan Health rolled out their brand-new Home Recovery Care program at St. Joseph Medical Center in Tacoma, WA….
Rehabilitation Care at Home and its Value to Communities and Hospitals
In 2017 Contessa introduced a unique alternative to subacute rehabilitation (SAR) and traditional skilled nursing facilities (SNFs): our Rehabilitation Care at Home program. Now into…
“I was very impressed. It is a very well-oiled machine, for sure.”
Don and his wife Sally were no strangers to the symptoms caused by his congestive heart failure like shortness of breath, wheezing and fatigue, but…
Palliative Care and its Role in Chronic Conditions
At its inception, palliative care was interwoven with the hospice movement, and because of this it is often perceived as solely a component of hospice…