Potomac Home Health Care

The mission of Potomac Home Health Care is to meet the needs of the community by providing cost efficient quality home health care and patient education services to assist patients in achieving their maximum independence and/or enhanced quality of life.

Our entrepreneurial spirit will keep us abreast of changing legislative, economic, and competitive elements which impact our industry and clients.

We are committed to being a progressive, responsive leader in home health care by providing a high level of satisfaction for our patients, physicians and employees through our well-trained and motivated personnel, state of art technology, proactive response to market trends and our dedication to total quality care.

Services Provided:

Skilled Nursing: The registered nurse performs a comprehensive nursing assessment, develops a plan of care and coordinates care with the physician and other team members. The nurse performs nursing procedures and assists patients and caregivers to become independent in care by instruction them in disease process, medications, and symptom management.

Infusion Therapy: Our patient-focused team of professionals provide comprehensive infusion services including hydration, antibiotics, chemotherapy, total parental nutrition, pain management, blood products, catheter care and enteral nutrition. Our infusion nurses promote an environment conducive to the successful completion of therapy and the safe delivery of care.

Mental Health: A multidiscipline team of credentialed mental health progessionals provides psychiatric care to patients with a promary psychiatric diagnosis or a medical condition complicated by a pre-exiisting psychiatric disorder. This specialized service offers a multitude of interventions to ensure the continuum of care between an acute inpatient milieu, day program and/or outpatient services. This approach facilitates the patient's return to his/her highest level of functioning.

Medical Social Work: Licensed clinical social workers (LCSW & MSW) participate in the development and implementation of the plan of care by assessing social factors which impede recovery and coordinate use of community resources and special support groups. Social workers also counsel patient or family members if there is a need related to loss of health and function and/or a need for psychiatric services.

Physical Therapy: The licensed physical therapist assesses the patient's functional level in the home by evaluating the patient's strength, range of motion, endurance, coordination, balance, pain, posture and mobility. The physical therapist develops and carries out the rehabilitation program in order to maximize total function.

Occupational Therapy: The licensed occupational therapist assesses the patient's ability to perform activities of daily living and fine motor functions, the need for adaptive equipment in the home, and the patient's cognitive and perceptual function. The occupational therapist develops a specific program geared to maximizing the patient's safety and independence.

Speech-Language Therapy: The licensed speech-language pathologist assesses and treats speech, language and swallowing disorders. Specific treatment programs are developed for aphasis, voice disorders, apraxia, dyspraxia, dysphagia, speech and language in order to maximize the patient's communication and/or swallowing skills.

Dietitian: The registered clinical dietitian assesses the patient's nutritional needs relative to medical diagnosis and current habits. The dietitian then develops an educational program to assist the patient/caregiver in achieving set nutritional goals.

Home Care Aide: Home Care Aides provide or assist the patient with such personal care as bathing, dressing, oral hygiene, meal preparation, feeding, walking, and exercises. All these services are to provide the patient an ability to regain maximum independence in self care