Lake Whitney Home Health
Member of the Lake Whitney Chamber of Commerce.
200 N San Jacinto
Whitney, TX 76692
254-694-6626
Lake Whitney Home Health Mission Statement:
To honor God in all we do, by providing superior services, support to our patients, clients, family and employees and Health Care Community. To the end we will always strive to create a caring, responsive environment that will nurture individual growth, focus on teamwork, and foster meaning of community relations.
Quality Improvement Teams Mission Statement:
Our QA/QI team mission is to become respected leaders in the Lake Whitney Hospital Home Health, by developing standards of excellence; thus providing cost effective, quality of care to our patients and staff through the provision of an honest non-threatening atmosphere for open, effective communication and intellectual growth.
Services Provided by Lake Whitney Home Health:
Nursing Care
RN and Vocational nurses come into the patient's home to assist the patient and caregiver on disease process, whether it is a new or old diagnosis a skilled nurse can assist you. The patient and the caregiver can count on the skilled nurse to assist with wound care, intravenous Infusion therapy, and monitoring and assisting with medications.
Home Health Aides
Our Home Health Aides work directly under the supervision of a registered nurse. The Aide will assist the patient with Activities of Daily Living, and provide light house work as assigned by the RN.
Social Services
Lake Whitney Home Health can provide a Licensed Social Worker to work directly with the patient, family and caregiver. A social worker has the ability to put the patient in touch with community resources, and assist with financial concerns and needs.
Physical Therapy
Lake Whitney Home Health has physical therapists to go into the patient's home and evaluate the patient for needs of physical therapy. The therapist can teach the patient exercises to continue to use even after services are ended.
Medical Supplies & Equipment
Medical supplies and durable equipment can be delivered to the patient's home, for the patients to meet all of their needs.
Qualifications for Lake Whitney Home Health
**You must be an eligible Medicare beneficiary and the home health agency must participate in the Medicare program.
**A physician must determine that you need home health and sets up a home health care plan with the home health agency, so that your needs will be met.
**You must need a certain type of care: intermittent/part-time skilled nursing and physical therapy.
**You do not have to be bed fast or confined to the home with never an absence from the home. You may be absent from your home for infrequent periods and short duration, like a trip to the barber, a walk in the yard, or a visit to your doctor. Leaving home must be a considerable and taxing effort. While leaving home you must have an illness or injury that requires the use of an assistive device such as a walker, cane or wheelchair.
Why Lake Whitney Home Health
**Our first priority is to always deliver the highest quality care that the patient deserves and expects.
**We offer unparalleled accessibility, responsiveness, and flexibility in meeting the patient's needs.
**Our Team in trustworthy, trained, and compassionate.
**We have a registered nurse available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and 365 days a year.
**We have happily been serving the Whitney area for more than 11 years.
**The Goal of using Home Health is to reduce hospitalizations.
**Reduces family and caregiver's stress
**Improve quality of life
**Enhance patient's education on disease process, to help better the patient.
**Provide in home procedures such as IV infusion to lessen the hospital stay.