Whittier Home Health Care Agency provides high quality, cost efficient, medical and rehabilitation services for the patient in the comfort of a familiar home environment. A highly skilled and motivated interdisciplinary team, provides treatment, support and education to the patient. This approach is designed to assist the patient to achieve the highest level of functional potential in performing activities of daily living. Whittier Home Health Care Agency blends the principles of community health, technology, and disease focused care to ensure positive outcomes to a diverse patient population. We are now certified in New Hampshire. Skilled Nursing • Consultation and assessment • Evaluation for Home Health Aide services • Injections • Wound care • Catheter care • Ostomy care • Diabetic teaching • Medication teaching • Nutritional Counseling • Disease process teaching • Case management Home Health Aide Services Personal care to include: • Dressing • Eating • Bathing • Grooming • Skin care • Positioning • Transfers • Exercises / ROM All services are developed and supervised by licensed clinicians Social Work Service • Community resource planning • Assistance with financial planning • Counseling to assist patient and family in coping with impact of illness and disability Occupational Therapy • Activities of daily living training • Home management training • Upper extremity strengthening • Adaptive equipment assessment and training Physical Therapy • Home safety/accessibility assessment • Individualized exercise prescription • Transfer & mobility instruction • Progressive gait training • Balance & coordination training • Cardiopulmonary training with oximetry monitoring Speech/Language Pathology • Cognitive retraining • Remediation of receptive and/or expressive speech and language disorders • Improving oral motor skills necessary for swallowing and intelligibility of speech Service Area Merrimac Valley Northeastern Massachusetts