Avera Home Health, Hospice and Palliative Care Services
Below is a list of available services, including hospice care, home health care, palliative care services, home medical equipment and more. Service availability varies by agency. Please contact your local agency for clarification of services offered in your community.
- Avera Home Care
Home care provides continuity of care from the hospital to the home. It includes the patient and physician in developing a plan of care to meet the patient’s needs to shorten hospital stays and prevent re-hospitalization. Learn more about Avera Home Care.
- Avera Home Medical Equipment
Avera Home Medical Equipment assists with products and services aimed at improving the patient’s quality of life at home. Avera Home Medical Equipment provides rental, sales and repair of home medical products that help with mobility and enhance daily living. Learn more about Avera Home Medical Equipment.
- Avera Home Health Therapy Services
Because people recovering from illness or injury often recover more quickly in their own homes, Avera Home Health therapists are available to assist patients in the home setting. Therapists help to address pain, weakness, limited motion, inability to move around and transfer, swallowing and communication disorders. Learn more about Avera Home Health Therapy Services.
- Avera Home Respiratory Services
For most people, breathing is second nature, an involuntary reflex. But for the thousands of Americans who suffer from respiratory problems, each breath is a major accomplishment. Avera Home Respiratory Services improves the patients’ overall quality of life by helping with breathing. Learn more about Avera Home Respiratory Services.
- Avera Hospice Care
It is not easy to talk about the end of life, even with family members and friends. But people are responsible for communicating to others the kind of care they want at the end of life so that their wishes are honored should they face terminal illness. Early discussions about hospice and other end-of-life decisions can ease a very difficult time and provide patients a choice and a sense of control. Learn more about Avera Hospice Care.
- Avera Medical Social Services
Not only does illness affect physical well-being, but also it can have a social, environmental, emotional and financial impact. Avera medical social workers help the patient and family members cope with the problems associated with illness, disability or impending death. Learn more about Avera Medical Social Services.
- Avera Nutrition Services
Good nutrition is an important component in the healing process. As part of Avera’s Nutrition Services Program, an Avera medical dietitian will assess the patient’s nutrition status and provide nutrition intervention as necessary. The dietitian will provide tips to help improve overall nutrition and promote healing. Learn more about Avera Nutrition Services.
- Avera Palliative Care
Palliative care is a special approach to the care of people who live with chronic, life-threatening or terminal illness. The focus is on providing quality of life to patients with advanced chronic disease or terminal illness. This ensures comfort and dignity for the patient, and gives support to the family. Learn more about Avera Palliative Care.
- Avera Private-Duty/Private-Pay Services
Living with chronic disease can be challenging. The services provided through maintenance nursing help people manage disease while remaining at home. Private-duty clinicians assist caregivers (parents, children or spouses) to meet the home care patient’s needs. Learn more about Avera Private-Duty/Private-Pay Services.
- Avera Skilled Nursing and Home Health Aides
Avera Home Health Services offers many skilled nursing services previously only available in a hospital, outpatient clinic or long-term care center. Delivering nursing services in the home has many advantages. Learn more about Avera Skilled Nursing and Home Health Aides.
- Avera well@home
What would it be like to receive quality care at home without constant nurse visits or unexpected trips to the doctor or hospital? Imagine what it might feel like to monitor health care with confidence and independence. What if you were able to have the answers to your health care questions right at your fingertips? Learn more about Avera well@home.
Service availability varies by agency. Please contact your local agency for clarification of services offered in your community.