Health at Home by Baptist Health offers home-based services that provide patients with exceptional treatment backed by the state’s most trusted name in care, all from the comfort of home. From chronic disease management to post-hospitalization recovery, home-based services give patients unparalleled access to the care they need most.

When most people think of healthcare, they think of a building where it is provided: the hospital, physician’s office or outpatient center. However, your home can also be a place for the provision of healthcare services. Home health is often an extension of the care you receive after discharge from a hospital or rehabilitation facility. In some situations, you may already be at home, and your physician believes you need one or more of our services to keep you out of the hospital or to monitor your progress.

It’s important to note that home health may be necessary at any age and may be needed for only a short time or an extended period.

“I had a wonderful physical therapist named Sheena Lairamore. She always informed me ahead of time that she was coming. I had a broken pelvis but she enabled me to walk again- even without a cane. Sheena provided me with many different exercises that I could perform at home between her treatments. I cannot say enough good things about Sheena and your Program.”
– Ms. Vida Day

What are the benefits of Home Health?

When it’s challenging to leave your home for medical services, we come to you and provide what you need in the privacy and comfort of your home. By sending medical professionals into your home, we can personalize the care we offer and customize it to your home environment.

We make every effort to accept and admit all patients referred based on our daily staffing and the needs of the patient. Staff skills and competency areevaluated upon hire and annually through supervisory visits, skills checkand classroom demonstration.

Skilled nursing visits

Our team of nurses provides intermittent patient care, including the administration of medication or prescribed treatment. These nurses also monitor vital signs, obtain lab specimens, administer wound care, provide patient education and assess the patient’s response to treatment. They coordinate your nursing care directly with your physician and are qualified to teach you and your family members how to take care of your needs.

Home Health Aides

Under the supervision of a registered nurse, trained home health aides deliver personal care and attention such as bathing, personal grooming, dressing and even meal preparation. They also assist with ambulation and exercise.

Physical Therapy

Physical therapists can help you overcome or compensate for physical limitations. Therapists can teach you how to adapt or relearn previous skills and help you complete therapeutic exercise programs.

Occupational Therapy

Occupational therapists are available to help you achieve independence. They will teach you how to utilize your physical resources to perform everyday tasks.

Speech Therapy

For patients with specific speech or swallowing disorders, a speech therapist may be assigned to help. Speech therapists concentrate on speech articulation and hearing disorders and administer language and voice disorder treatments.

Social Work

Social workers can help you and your family deal with the stress that frequently accompanies serious illness by offering counseling, short-term mental health therapy and providing crisis intervention. In this way, every aspect of your care — social, environmental, economic and emotional — is addressed.