| Home Health (Therapy) Start Date | Hospice (Nursing) Start Date | |
| Clarkston | 2/8 | 2/8 |
| Lewiston | 2/8 | 2/8 |
| Moscow | 2/7 | 2/7 |
| Orofino | 2/7 | 2/7 |
Clinical Focus
It’s Cardiac Awareness Month!
We are taking some time this week to focus on heart healthy habits and ways we can support patients with cardiac disease. Simple tracking tools like measuring blood pressure and logging daily weights are essential for basic health management.
Accessing resources in physical and occupational therapy to maximize endurance to meet daily needs, discuss a healthy diet plan with a medical dietitian, and identify community resources with a social worker to support health goals are all integrated services of home health.
If you have a patient who is struggling with a health regimen for their cardiac health, speak with your liaison about a course of home health.
Question Corner
What are basic diagnosis rules for home health services?
Identify the disease process causing the symptom
The patient may be weak, but what is causing the weakness? The patient may show disinterest in eating, but is this behavior related to loss of taste and appetite associated with aging and dementia?
Stating the disease process in your referral and your face-2-face creates a picture of the disease we are treating, not the symptom or the resulting behavior.
Specificity and Laterality matter
The patient may have arthritis, but where? Left side? Right side? Knee? Hip? Shoulder?
The more information, the better!
People to know
Clarkston Liaison – Jana (509) 220-6766
Lewiston Liaison – Beth (509) 254-1381
Moscow & Orofino Liaison – Scott (509) 234-3102
Business Development – Ashley (509) 843-7605
