Home Health
When you have an illness, injury or chronic condition, you may need ongoing medical care. With home health services, our providers come to you. That means you get the personal, top-rated care you’re used to from North Kansas City Hospital in the place you feel most at ease — home.
Benefits of Home Health Care
Home health care may offer just what you need on your path to recovery. Unlike services in a rehab or other short-term care facility, home health care means you get services wherever you call home. There are many benefits, such as:
- Care with comfort and privacy
- Convenient visit options, including evenings, weekends and holidays
- Faster recovery, with reduced chance of being readmitted to the hospital
- More freedom and independence
- One-on-one care that’s unique to you
- Support from home health providers who have specialized training in geriatrics, medical and surgical nursing, wound care and fall prevention
Home Health Services We Provide
Receive a range of home health services, such as:
- Blood draws for lab tests
- Catheter care
- Flexible scheduling. Services are provided seven days per week with on-call nursing for after-hour emergencies and concerns.
- Medical Social Work service offers emotional support or counseling and assists with referrals to community resources to address any financial concerns, transportation needs, meals and community support (for example, aid for medication costs, Meals on Wheels or government funded programs).
- Home safety assessments and recommendations
- Injections
- IV infusion therapy
- Medication management
- Ongoing communication with your doctor
- Pain management
- Personal care and bathing assistance
- Physical and occupational therapy
- Skilled nursing
- Social work
- Speech therapy, including VitalStim
- Training in the use of assistive equipment
- Treatment for various conditions:
- Diabetes management
- Heart conditions, including heart failure
- Lung conditions, including COPD
- Neurological conditions
- Orthopedic conditions, including recovery from total joint replacement
- Ostomy care
- Wound care
Recognized for Excellent Home Health Care
Over 1,700 doctors entrust the care of their patients to NKCH Home Health. Find us ranked among the top agencies in the U.S. based on:
- Hospital Readmission Rates – Our hospital readmission rates are well below state and national averages. Patients stay out of the hospital, in part, because of our remote patient monitoring program.
- Patient Satisfaction – Strategic Healthcare Programs awarded us with the Best Superior Performer award. The recognition means we rank in the top 20% nationwide for overall patient outcomes and patient satisfaction scores.
- Heart Failure Certification – NKCH is the first agency in the Midwest to receive Home Health Heart Failure certification from the
American Heart Association. It means our home health meets rigorous, science-based standards for heart failure patients.
We are also Medicare certified and accredited by the Joint Commission.
Contact Us
Get well. Maintain independence. These are the goals of NKCH Home Health. Access services if you live in Clay, Platte, Ray or Jackson counties.
Call 816.295.6774 for questions about our Home Health services or for doctors making a referral.