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Home Health Program
 Whenever
possible, patients prefer to receive care in the most convenient and comfortable
environment of all
-- their own home. St. John's Mercy Health Services' home-based care programs
are an extension of St. John's Mercy's commitment to provide compassionate
care to the St. Louis community. Our home health services include:
St. John's Mercy Home Care
For patients on the mend who still need nursing, St. John's Mercy Home Care's trained
nurses and therapists provide quality care in the areas of cardiopulmonary,
orthopedics,
rehabilitation, oncology,
wound/ostomy
and
intravenous
therapy.
Medicare,
Medicaid
and private insurance companies cover skilled care when a patient requires
medical attention at home under the supervision of a physician. For
more information, call 1-888-296-6389 or 314-729-4500.
Palliative Care
The focus
of palliative care is to reduce symptom severity in situations where a disease
is being managed, or during treatments such as chemotherapy. Palliative care
helps provide pain relief, symptom management and nutritional care. The palliative
care team offers emotional and spiritual support to the patient and family.
For more information, call 1-888-296-6389 or 314-729-4500.
St.
John's Mercy Hospice
When treatment of a terminal illness is no longer being sought, hospice care
can help make sure a patient's last days of life are spent in comfort. Chaplains,
nurses, physicians, social workers and home health aides may be involved in
hospice care. St. John's Mercy Hospice team members are available round
the clock to care for the physical,
emotional and spiritual
needs of
patients
with terminal
illnesses.
Types of services include:
- Pain management and control of symptoms
- Emotional and spiritual support
- Volunteers for companionship, support and respite
care
- Coordinated nursing care at home through visiting
nurses
- Admission to a St. John's Mercy hospital for
symptom control when ordered by a personal physician.
Many hospice patients receive care
in their own homes, skilled nursing facilities or retirement communities. For
more information about St. John's Mercy Hospice, call 314-729-4400.
St.
John's Mercy Home Infusion Therapy
Infusion therapy is provided in conjunction with home health, palliative and
hospice services. Registered infusion nurses who specialize in intravenous
drug therapies for pain or infection management come to the home to administer
the therapy and teach family members to safely care for their loved ones.
Therapy can be delivered on a continuous or intermittent basis with physician
orders. For
more information, call 314-506-6050.
St. John's Mercy
Home Care Notice of Privacy Practices
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