Our services include:            

Nursing Services, Therapies, and Social Services

Nursing Services

SKILLED NURSING, which includes:

• Case management and coordination of care with the physician
• Diabetes education
• Caregiver training
• Foot care
• Palliative and terminal care
• Wound and ostomy care
• Pain Management
• Medication Management and education
• Disease Management and education
• Assessment and evaluation of health status
• Care supervision and management
• Patient and family education on disease treatment and prevention
• Teaching new parents well-baby care, medication management
• Observation and assessment of physical status.

PRIVATE DUTY NURSING CARE provided by RN’,s LPN’s, and nursing assistants.  We strive to make this service available at affordable rates.  Ruidoso Home Care is also a provider of services approved by the Indigent Fund for patient’s who meet that financial criteria.

HOME HEALTH AIDES to assist with personal care, such as bathing, dressing, grooming, and meal preparation.

Medical Social Worker

SOCIAL SERVICES, which may include assistance in accessing community programs, assistance in dealing with the social and emotional factors related to the client’s illness and need for care, help with long-range planning or short-term counseling.

Therapies

PHYSICAL THERAPY for reconditioning following a prolonged illness, acute rehabilitation following orthopedic surgery, stroke, or head injury, Cardiac Rehabilitation, development of a Home Exercise Program to facilitate maximum independence, and Home Safety Evaluation.

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY services include:  Energy Conservation Techniques for people with respiratory and/or cardiac impairment, Medication Management/Compliance, Environmental Adaptations, Adaptive Equipment Training, Contracture Management, Splinting and Positioning, Patient/Caregiver Education and Training, and ADL (Activities of Daily Living) Retraining: feeding, dressing, bathing and hygiene.

SPEECH/LANGUAGE THERAPY services include Rehabilitation following a stroke or head/neck injury or surgery when speech and/or swallowing is affected, evaluation and treatment of swallowing disorders, and evaluation and treatment of speech disorders

RESPIRATORY THERAPY services include Patient/Caregiver instructions on correct use of nebulizers, inhalers, and oxygen,  Disease Management Education, and Patient/Caregiver instructions on correct use of Flutter Valves (airway clearance devices) for individuals with chronic respiratory disease