{"id":121157,"date":"2019-08-09T07:12:06","date_gmt":"2019-08-09T12:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=121157"},"modified":"2019-08-10T08:35:35","modified_gmt":"2019-08-10T13:35:35","slug":"home-health-care-can-be-a-life-saver-for-ailing-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2019\/08\/09\/home-health-care-can-be-a-life-saver-for-ailing-patients\/","title":{"rendered":"Home health care can be a real life-saver"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

VW independent\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For most people, home care is an out-of-sight, out-of-mind segment of the health care system. But for home care patients, it can be a lifeline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cindy Sinning, RN, nursing supervisor with CHP Home Care & Hospice of Van Wert with Mary Adams, a home health care patient<\/strong>. photo provided<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Mary Adams has received care in her Van Wert home off and on for eight years to help her manage several chronic health issues. This summer, Adams says, her home care nurses saved her life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last month, Adams\u2019 nurse from CHP Home Care & Hospice came to the house to perform a routine nursing visit. The nurse noticed that her blood pressure and heart rate were abnormally low, which lead to doctor\u2019s orders for blood tests. A nurse performed the blood draw in the home and the results from the lab were alarming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe nurse called and told me to call 9-1-1 and get to the ER immediately,\u201d Adams said. \u201cI didn\u2019t feel bad or have any symptoms, but my potassium level was critically low. They saved my life!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adams was taken to the hospital and then discharged to a nursing facility. She is back home now with home health services. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nurses come to the home to regularly check vital signs, setup her medications in a pill box, provide wound care and dressing changes, and to help her manage diabetes. Home care aides help in the home with things like cleaning and groceries. She also has a medical alert system through CHP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

“I like being at home with my dogs,” Adams said, “and I couldn\u2019t do that without the nurses and aides from CHP.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To help her better manage her diabetes, Adams\u2019 doctor recently prescribed a continuous glucose monitor, which is inserted in the back of the arm every couple of weeks and eliminates finger sticks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I didn\u2019t like to check my blood sugar because of the pain and it was difficult to do,\u201d Adams said. \u201cNow I can check it anytime with my monitor and I don\u2019t have to poke myself anymore.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most importantly since starting on the monitor, she has stayed in compliance with her diabetes care plan, takes fewer pills, and made some modifications to her diet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur mission is to help patients to live as independently as possible at home by improving health, managing illness or injury, and helping them reach their goals,\u201d said Cindy Sinning, RN, nursing supervisor for CHP Home Care & Hospice of Van Wert. \u201cThrough a variety of services, we\u2019re helping Mary accomplish all of these.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information about home care services, contact CHP Home Care & Hospice, 1159 Westwood Drive in Van Wert, at 419.238.9223 or visit its website at comhealthpro.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

VW independent\/submitted information For most people, home care is an out-of-sight, out-of-mind segment of the health care system. But for home care patients, it can be a lifeline. Mary Adams has received care in her Van Wert home off and on for eight years to help her manage several chronic health issues. This summer, Adams […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-121157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-02 06:14:43","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121157\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}