Program areas at Adventist Home Health Services
For any number of reasons, receiving care at Home -- whether for ongoing treatment or recovering after a hospital stay -- can lift a patient's spirits and recovery. Celebrating 50 years, Adventist healthcare Home Health Services has brought healing Home with comprehensive, skilled Services and compassionate care. In 1983, we expanded our Home Health division to include Adventist Home assistance, which provides private-duty nursing Services and personal care for patients that require assistance to stay independent in their Home. Adventist choice nursing was established in 1995 to offer a cost-effective option for private-duty and skilled-nursing services.continues on schedule o.today, Adventist Home Health Services' team of skilled nurses, therapists and social workers deliver comprehensive Services including adult and pediatric nursing care, cardiac care, diabetes care, wound/ostomy care, oncology care, rehabilitation Services, medical social Services, Home Health aide Services and nutrition counseling Services. We serve patients in their homes throughout montgomery, prince george's, st. mary's, charles, calvert, anne arundel, frederick, howard counties. In 2022, we applied for a certificate of need for carroll county. In april 2023, we admitted our first patient in carroll county began.we continue to provide high quality care and successfully closed our 2023 with 4.5 star rating by centers for medicare and medicaid Services (cms) Home Health compare for over 5 years! We also offer a falls prevention education program to reduce the risk of falls and increase in-home safety. This education program has proven effective as we celebrate our 5 year of zero severe harm and/or death. We also have other specialty programs, such as wound/ostomy care with oversight by a certified wound nurse.our high-quality care is due to highly engaged team members. In 2023, Adventist Home care Services received the best employer and best provider of the year, second year in a row. Employee engagement score for 2023 is at 4.11, which is above 50th percentile compared to other agencies. We focused on continuous recognition for our team members and had our first inaugural clinician of the year awards. The award ceremony recognizes top performers in quality of care, patient experience, rises values and overall.