Program areas at Community Home Health Services
Home medical equipment & respiratory - Community Home Health Services provides a wide variety of Home medical equipment which enables patients to live comfortably and safely at Home. When our patients receive their equipment, they also receive comprehensive education on the operation, safety, and maintenance of the equipment. The sale of such equipment is to patients of Community Health network. For our respiratory Services, our highly skilled respiratory therapists and staff provide management of sleep disorders and respiratory Services, such as, respiratory and oxygen equipment, inhalation therapy Services, and cpap/bipap sleep disorder programs. In 2022, we had an estimated daily census of 2,501 patients on oxygen and an estimated daily census of 2,235 for cpap.
Hospice - hospice care is for patients that have an illness or condition with a life expectancy of six months or less and an absence of curative treatment. Our staff are dedicated to provide high quality of life at the end stages and will help support the patient and the family in meeting their physical, emotional, and spiritual needs. Through our staff of registered nurses, Home Health aides, medical social workers, therapists, and chaplains, in 2022, we provided care to 925 patients and approximately 3,399 bereavement patients. We had a total of 36,436 days that included 82 inpatient days and 277 respite days. In hospice, we provide many Services, including pain control and symptom management, medical director support, registered nursing care, emotional and spiritual counseling, Home Health aide support, volunteer assistance, diet consultation, pharmacy support, and bereavement support for the family.
Other miscellaneous revenue includes rental income from related organizations.