When you invite our team in to your home, you see our Living Philosophy in the distinct way we view every facet of your health: physical, emotional and spiritual.
· Our nurses work closely with your physician to manage daily care, evaluate your symptoms and report significant changes. They manage medication, alert you to important changes, and teach family members how to ensure your comfort and reduce pain.
· Our therapists teach exercises and techniques to maximize your level of independence in the home. They design exercises and offer techniques to strengthen tired muscles, to increase mobility, or to enhance communication.
· Medical social workers help you and your family prepare for the many changes a long-term illness brings, from concerns about financial or legal matters to unexpressed feelings that have taken on new urgency.
· Home care aides and volunteers assist with all the daily routines that keep you clean and comfortable, from bathing and shampoos to a quiet walk or a time of conversation. They may run errands or help with the shopping and meal preparation.
· Chaplains and volunteers are available as you explore the profound questions that come with long-term illness. They will never force a particular belief or viewpoint on you or your family. Rather, they are people with a gift for careful listening. No feeling is too big, no fear too deep, no joy too small to celebrate. Our living philosophy insists that your daily concerns and your hope for the future are important and deserve our close attention.
With Upper Peninsula Home Health and Hospice, every time that we enter your home you remain so much more than someone sick or broken that needs to be fixed. Yours is a life – whole and cherished. A life with power to make a difference some way, every day. A life that matters.
