Certified Home Care
Care for All. Infancy through Aging.
Your Choice. Your Home.
Since 1982, City-County Health has been providing high quality care to clients in the comfort of their own home. Services are available to residents of Barnes County under the care and direction of their medical provider. Our home care team includes Registered Nurses, Home Health Aides and a Physical Therapist.
We coordinate services and care with Doctors, Pharmacists, equipment providers and other resources. City-County Health District is a Medicare certified, licensed member of the North Dakota Association of Home Care.
Who needs home care?
Individuals who:
have a difficult time leaving the house, typically with a taxing effort
are in need of skilled nursing care on an intermittent basis
are returning home after a nursing home or swing bed stay
are recovering from surgery or other ailments
Who pays for home care?
Medicare
Medical Assistance
Veterans Administration
Private Insurance
Services:
Skilled Nursing
Home Care Aides
Physical Therapy
Other Service Coordination
Assessment and Education
How do I get home care?
Request from your physician or hospital discharge planning team that you be visited by City-County Health District’s Home Care Team. When you choose our Home Care team, you’re helping to ensure that Public Health can continue to provide essential services for the community and those who need us most.
Resource:
Public Health Home Care
Services are available to clients in their home billed at 15-minute increments and occur in limited frequency.
Our Public Health Nurses can offer:
General Health Assessments
Medication Management
Immunizations
Referral to Additional Community Services
Our Public Health Aides can offer:
Personal Cares
Bathing
Referrals to Caregiver Support Services for qualifying individuals
Who pays for home care?
Self-pay. Payment can be made by check or cash. A transaction fee will be applied to payments made by credit card.
Referrals can be made by: clients or family members, physicians, other providers, schools, social workers, other agencies, or concerned citizens.