Home Health Therapy
Home health therapy is the provision of skilled therapy services in the patient’s place of residence.
The following are common health conditions which warrant home therapy:
- Total joint replacements
- Fractures
- CVA
- Progressive neurological conditions
- Fall risk
- Dementia
- Chronic pain
- Incontinence
- Wounds
- COPD
- Heart Failure
Skills used by a physical therapist in home health include:
- Safety Assessment of the home
- Gait training
- Transfer training
- Home exercise program development
- Home exit management
- Fall prevention
- Progressive resistive exercises
- Pain management
- Incontinence treatment
- Wound care
- Neuropathy treatment