Chronic Disease Management
For many people living with chronic conditions like heart failure, diabetes, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), managing their health can be a daily challenge. However, home health care services can provide critical support to help people with chronic diseases maintain their health and prevent worsening of their conditions.
Heart Failure Management
Heart failure causes symptoms like shortness of breath, fatigue, and fluid buildup that make daily self-care activities difficult.
Home health aides can assist with medication reminders, transporting patients to doctor’s appointments, grocery shopping and meal preparation tailored to a heart-healthy low-sodium diet, and monitoring weight and vital signs.
Catching early warning signs helps prevent hospital readmissions.
Nurses also provide education on diet, symptoms, exercise appropriate for their functional status, and compliance with doctor’s recommendations.
Ongoing support empowers patients to actively participate in their own care.
Diabetes Management
Keeping blood sugar levels in check when you have diabetes requires diligent monitoring, careful nutrition, and medication compliance.
Home health assistants coach patients on checking and recording blood glucose readings, provide friendly reminders about taking medication, and prepare nutritious diabetic-friendly meals.
Education from nurses on lifestyle changes like improved diet, exercise, foot care and symptoms to watch out for can also improve self-management.
This reduces the risk of dangerous high and low blood sugar episodes.
With home health support, those with diabetes have resources to gain better control over this chronic disease.
COPD
Management
COPD, a progressive lung disease making breathing difficult over time, also benefits greatly from home health services.
Medication maintenance is key, and home health aides assist patients in using inhalers and nebulizers properly.
Nurses educate patients on warning signs like increased cough or phlegm which could indicate worsening condition and the need to adjust treatment.
Since fatigue and shortness of breath make exercise difficult, physical therapists demonstrate appropriate breathing techniques and safe, simple exercises patients can perform at home to preserve lung capacity.
Home health allows patients with COPD to slow disease progression.
About Us
Platinum Home Health Care is a leading provider of home health care services throughout the Chicago, Orland Park, Oak Park, Downers Grove, Elmhurst, Lombard and Tinley Park, IL counties. Our company was established in 2004. We are licensed by the Illinois Department of Public Health and certified by Medicare.
Our caring staff of highly experienced professionals provide quality care which is suitable to your individual needs. We provide professional services with great pride and maximum care.
Specialty Care Program
Our COPD Management Program is a multidisciplinary approach that includes:
- Initial comprehensive assessment
- Emphasis on early symptom detection
- Education for patients and caregivers on home self-care tasks
- Medication review and education
- Education regarding compliance and treatment adherence
- Education on nutrition
- Rehabilitation team to restore optimal functional level
- Interventional symptom management
You may need a COPD Management Program evaluation if You:
- Have recently been hospitalized for COPD exacerbation
- Have utilized the emergency department or urgent care center for after-hours management of COPD symptoms
- Have to be routinely scheduled for unplanned or “fit-in” office visits
- Have recently started (or required a change in) oxygen therapy
- Present at an office visit with poorly controlled dyspnea
- Require assistance in managing secretions or airway clearance
- Have experienced a change in medication with a recent office visit
- Need education in medication management
- Are poorly compliant with aerosolized/nebulized medications
- Experience frequent exacerbation of COPD symptoms
- Have multiple co-morbid conditions that impact the COPD treatment plan
- Have respiratory symptoms that impair their ability to safely ambulate
- Have respiratory symptoms that impact their ability to perform routine activities of daily living
The elderly use more medications than any other portion of the population and are more likely to take them incorrectly. Physicians commonly encounter elderly patients who administer respiratory medications incorrectly. It is estimated that up to 70 percent of chronic respiratory patients use inhaled medication improperly, with overuse as common as underuse.
Patients may be faced with several challenges as they manage their COPD, including:
- Respiratory infections
- High blood pressure
- Heart disease
- Lung cancer
- Depression
Our specialized COPD Management Program will assist the patient in adhering to recommended treatment and preventing or managing many of these conditions.
The improvements in health and education provided through the program are valuable components of the patient’s achievement of a better quality of life.
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Your Next Steps…
Initial Call
Once we receive your request, we’ll give you a call to discuss your needs, explain our process, and gather important details like your doctor’s information and insurance coverage.
Insurance & Referral Confirmation
Our team will contact your doctor to obtain the necessary order for care and will verify your insurance benefits to ensure coverage. We handle the details so you can focus on your health.
Treatment Plan & Scheduling
After confirming everything, we’ll call you back to discuss your personalized treatment plan and schedule your in-home appointment at a time that works best for you.
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Serving Communities Across Chicagoland
Platinum Home Health Care provides high-quality home health services throughout Chicago and the surrounding areas. Our compassionate team is dedicated to delivering expert care in the comfort of your home. Explore the areas we serve below: