Programs & Services
Home Care
At home with our care
Whether it’s follow-up care after a hospitalization, short-term care after an injury at work, or help to manage a chronic disease, our team of skilled professionals provides you with a full range of services in the comfort of your home.
Named to the Top 100 List of HomeCare Elite in 2008, Mercy Home Care and Hospice ranks among the most successful Medicare-certified home health care providers in the United States. Our home healthcare team specializes in providing the services you need to live at home and continue to enjoy your life.
Home care covers a wide range of physician-ordered health care and support services that enable individuals – from newborn to the elderly – to receive care at home. Care is provided by a team of highly qualified and skilled clinicians.
Mercy Home Care Services Include:
Skilled Nursing:
- Registered nurses are available 7 days a week, 24 hours a day
- Cardiac and respiratory care
- Pain management
- Pediatric care
- Behavioral health
- Post-surgical care
- Injections
- Wound care
- Medication instructions
- In-home health telemonitoring
- Heart and blood pressure monitoring
- Nutritional counseling
- Diabetes education
- IV therapy
- Patient and/or family education
- Enterostomal therapy
- Equipment coordination
Rehabilitation Therapy:
Therapists work with you or your loved one to improve the quality of everyday living and to achieve the highest possible level of independence. Home therapy may include:
- Physical therapy
- Occupational therapy
- Speech therapy
Social Services:
To help families meet the challenges of caring for a loved one at home, Mercy social workers will coordinate necessary services with other community agencies and help in identifying sources of financial assistance.
Home Health Aides:
Certified home health aides provide assistance with:
- Bathing, grooming, dressing and exercising
- Other personal care
- Changing bed linens.
Referrals and requests for service are accepted from family members, patients, hospitals, nursing home, physician offices, clinics and community agencies. A doctor’s order is needed before home health services can begin. When your physician recommend home health care, call Mercy to find out more about our services at the number below.
Services are provided in Clinton and Jackson counties in Iowa, and Whiteside and Carroll counties in Illinois.
Mercy Home Care is accredited by the Joint Commission of Accreditation of Health Care Organizations and is Medicare – Medicaid certified.
For more information, contact 563-244-3766.