Bereavement Newsletter September 2023

September 1, 2023 0 Comments

9/1/23

Volunteer With Us!

August 29, 2023 0 Comments

We are looking for compassionate individuals who want to make a difference helping end of life patients and their families. Volunteering in hospice can be very rewarding difference. By donating a little time, volunteers can provide support, companionship, and joy to patients during a critical time. Some volunteer duties involve: -Being a comforting and supportive …

Superior Hospice celebrating 2019 Deficiency Free State Survey

May 8, 2019 2 Comments

Superior Home Care and Hospice receives a “zero deficiency survey” this year, 2019, from the Home Health Medicare State Surveyors. The state surveyors conduct an in depth review of the entire hospice program every 3 years. Administrator, Andrea Havacko, addresses the hospice team: “I have great news, we had a zero deficiencies survey! Thank you …

Hospice Care by NHPCO – National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization

May 13, 2016 0 Comments

Hospice Care by NHPCO Considered to be the model for quality, compassionate care for people facing a life-limiting illness or injury, hospice care involves a team-oriented approach to expert medical care, pain management, and emotional and spiritual support expressly tailored to the patient’s needs and wishes. Support is provided to the patient’s loved ones as …

What is Occupational Therapy?

September 1, 2015 0 Comments

At first glance, one would think that occupational therapy is therapy involving the workplace, possibly career counseling. That is not the case. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines occupational therapy as “therapy based on engagement in meaningful activities of daily life (such as self-care skills, education, work, or social interaction) especially to enable or encourage participation in …

What Do Certified Nursing Assistants Do?

August 1, 2015 0 Comments

Certified nursing assistants, or CNAs, work under the supervision of licensed nursing professionals to provide care for those who are ill, injured, handicapped, or otherwise unable to care for themselves. They work in a variety of settings such as hospitals, nursing homes, and assisted living facilities, and often they will even work in patients’ homes …

Speech Disorders that Benefit from Speech Therapy

July 1, 2015 0 Comments

When a patient is unable to produce speech sounds correctly or fluently, he or she has a speech disorder. A speech order could result from incorrect speech or language models during language acquisition, hearing loss, dental problems, or physical handicaps like cerebral palsy and cleft palate. At Superior Home Health, we have speech therapists on …

Understanding Alzheimer’s Disease

June 8, 2015 0 Comments

Alzheimer’s disease is a chronic neurodegenerative disease that usually starts gradually and then gets worse over time. It is named after the German psychiatrist and pathologist Alois Alzheimer who first described the disease in 1906. The cause of the disease is still largely unknown, but it is generally diagnosed based on a study of medical …