Home Care Services

Nyack Hospital Home Care works in partnership with each patient’s physician, to providepersonalized individualized care based upon the patient’s unique needs.  Services are available for adults and children.

Nyack Hospital Home Care services include:

• Skilled Nursing Care
• Physical Therapy
• Occupational Therapy
• Speech Therapy
• Home Health Aides
• Medical Social Services
• Home Infusion Therapy
• Wound/Ostomy Care
• Lifeline Emergency Response
• 24-hour On-Call Nursing Services

The high quality of care provided by Nyack Hospital Home Care is reflected in the Medicare web site *Home Health Compare, which gives detailed comparative information about Medicare Certified Home Health Agencies throughout the nation. Nyack Hospital met or exceeded New York State and National Averages for the following patient outcomes:

• Percentage of patients who get better at getting in and out of bed
• Percentage of patients whose bladder control improves
• Percentage of patients whose wounds improved or healed after an operation
• Percentage of patients who stay at home after an episode of home health care ends
• Percentage of patients who need urgent, unplanned medical care
• Percentage of patients who need unplanned medical care related to a wound that is new, is worse, or has become infected

For a full copy of this report, please visit http://www.medicare.gov/HHCompare/Home.asp