What Is Home Health?

Home Health is a wide range of healthcare services that can be given in your home for an illness or injury. Home Health is usually less expensive, more convenient, and just as effective as the care you get in a hospital or skilled nursing facility. The beauty of care at home is simply that – we bring the care to you in the comfort of your own home.

The goal of Home Health is to treat your illness or injury and help you regain your health and independence.

Why Choose Clarion Forest VNA?

Clarion Forest VNA has been providing excellent service to Clarion County and surrounding counties for many years. We put our patients first and work hard to, not only treat them but to grow them. Our quality care is evident in our patient surveys, user reviews, and awards.

Services We Offer

Skilled Nurse

Our staff of Registered Nurses and Licensed Practical Nurses provide each patient with “personalized” care. Patients may be visited by the nurse as frequently as twice a day or as seldom as once a month, depending on the patient’s physical condition and the physician’s orders.

Palliative Care

Addresses physical, emotional, social, and spiritual pain in an effort to achieve the best possible quality of life for the patient and their family. This care is in conjunction with active treatment for a disease. The palliative care team focuses on the pain and discomfort a patient may feel while undergoing treatment while your primary doctor and specialist focus on treating your illness.

Home Health Aide

Our Home Health Aides provide personal care (bathing, shampooing, simple dressings, etc.) and may perform some light housekeeping for patients who are unable to do so.

Occupational Therapy

Licensed Occupational Therapists provide, or supervise the provision of, treatment based on the utilization of activities calculated to encourage the disabled patient to contribute to his own recovery. The ultimate goal is for the patient to participate as independently as possible in his activities of daily living.

Physical Therapy

Licensed Physical Therapists will, upon request of the physician, assess a patient’s need for therapy. They work closely with the physician and other home health staff, as well as the patient, to develop a plan of treatment suited to the patient’s needs.

Nutrition Services

Our Registered Dietitian provides consulting services to other VNA staff members regarding patients’ nutritional needs. The Dietitian will also make home visits when requested by the patient’s physician. Patients who can benefit from nutritional counseling may include: those who experience an unexpected weight change, anyone with a diagnosis of malnutrition, patients receiving enteral or parenteral nutrition, diabetics, and many others.

Social Services

Social Service is provided for patients whose recovery from illness is being impeded by social, emotional, or financial difficulties. Our Social Worker works closely with the patient and family to resolve such difficulties whenever possible.

Speech Therapy

Speech Therapists can help improve communication abilities for someone who is recovering from a stroke. They can assist people suffering from conditions that cause difficulty in swallowing. Patients who have had laryngectomies can benefit from Speech Therapy by learning new ways to talk and communicate. Our Speech Therapists are licensed by the Commonwealth and have attained Certificates of Clinical Competency from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

How To Request Services

1. Contact your physician and they can refer our services.
2. If you or a loved one is in the hospital, arrangements may be made through the social service department of the hospital
3. You may call our office and we will help you speak with your physician.

Anyone can make a referral; a friend, a neighbor, or yourself. If you believe someone you know might benefit from our services, please call us. We will evaluate the situation and contact their physician for orders.

If You’re A Referral Source/Physician

The following information is needed by our intake department:

• Patient’s name
• Patient’s address
• Patient’s phone number
• Patient’s Social Security Number
• Patient’s Birthdate
• Patient’s allergies (if any)
• Medications
• Diagnosis – if known
• Admission & Discharge Dates
• Type of Insurance(s)
• Insurance Number
• Group Number
• Address of private insurance
• Next of Kin Name and contact information
• Primary Physician

Clarion Forest VNA
Phone: 814-297-8400
Toll-Free: 814-262-2118
Fax: 814-297-8800

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