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Services
Offering
hourly or live-in services:
· Registered Nurses
· Geriatric Nursing Assistants
·
Certified Nursing Assistants
· Dietetician
· Sitter/ Companions
· Nurse Aide
· Respite care
·
Home Health Aides
· Live-in
Care
· Couple
Care
·
RN's
& LPN's
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Our
Services Include:
· Companionship
·
Meal
Preparation
·
Bathing
& Dressing
·
Lifting
& Transferring
·
Errands
& Shopping
·
Personal
Care & Hygiene
·
Range
of Motion Exercises
·
Assistance
With Ambulation
·
Accompany
to Appointments
·
Light
Housekeeping & Laundry |
Institution :
We can provide
your institution with 24-hour coverage, for as long
as needed , at reasonable rates, Request
staff online. Our nurses can provide private duty
care for patients while they are in hospital and, upon
discharge, can accompany the patient home and stay as
long as needed.
Private:
You, your doctor, the hospital, or nursing home can
arrange exactly the right private duty care with a single
call, or Request staff online.
Our agency's health care professionals can aid recovery
in many situations-after an operation, for the aged,
infirm or chronically ill patient-or for many other
needs.
What Kind of Nursing Care Do You Need?
Do
You Need an RN?
REGISTERED NURSES (RN): All Kahak Healt Care RNs are
graduates of an approved School of Nursing and hold
a current license to practice in MD - DC - VA. They
are qualified to:
- Record nursing history for patient assessment
and maintain detailed medical records.
- Administer medications and treatments as ordered
by the attending physician.
- Develop and evaluate a nursing plan to meet
the needs of the patient.
Do You Need a CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT?
CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT (CNA): All our nurses assistant
are graduates of an approved School of Nursing assistant
and hold a current license to practice in MD - DC -
VA.
They are qualified to:
- Perform treatments and administer medications
as prescribed by the attending physician.
- Assist family in coping with patient illness.
Do You Need a Nurse's Aide, Home Health Aide, Respite
care or Sitter / Companion?
NURSE'S AIDES, HOME HEALTH AIDE, RESPITE CARE AND Sitter
/ COMPANIONS: Our aides are experienced, trained and
certified personnel qualified to provide the patient
with general nursing care. Their duties consist of:
- Performing many of the fundamental nursing
tasks such as reading temperature, pulse, blood pressure
and respiration.
- Maintaining a safe, sanitary environment for
the patient.
- Bathing, oral hygiene, hair care, skin care,
incontinence care, dressing, transferring assistance,
medication reminders, appointment reminders, preparing
and serving meals, feeding if needed.
- Dusting, vacuuming, cleaning bathroom, damp
mopping floors, dishes, and kitchen clean-up, laundry,
bed making, changing linens, trash removal, errands,
and shopping.
- Socialization is an important part of daily
living. Companions are non-medical staffs that provide
companionship and much needed mental stimulation. Companions
will read, play cards/games, watch T.V. and movies together,
shopping and running errands together or just talking.
- Respite Care
Respite services provide caregivers time away from their
responsibilities. Respite care workers will assume the
responsibilities of the caregiver, to give them the
much needed "rest".
- Live-In Care
For those who cannot live alone and wish to remain independent
in the comfort of their own home. These services provide
a live-in on a twenty-four hour basis and will assume
daily activities as needed.
Our RN's make frequent home visits to supervise all
services given by paraprofessionals.
Our quality assurance committee under the direction
of a physician helps establish protocol for delivery
of these services and ensures standards of care, not
only in clinical terms but in human terms as well.
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