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Home Health Agency

A public agency or private organization, or a subdivision of such an agency or organization, that is primarily engaged in providing skilled nursing services and other therapeutic services, such as physical therapy, speech-language pathology services, or occupational therapy, medical social services, and home health aide services. It has policies established by a professional group associated with the agency or organization (including at least one physician and one registered nurse) to govern the services and provides for supervision of such services by a physician or a registered nurse; maintains clinical records on all patients; is licensed in accordance with State or local law or is approved by the State or local licensing agency as meeting the licensing standards, where applicable; and meets other conditions found by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to be necessary for health and safety.

Home Health Agencies in Snellville, GA

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Custodial Care Facility

A facility providing care that serves to assist an individual in the activities of daily living, such as assistance in walking, getting in and out of bed, bathing, dressing, feeding, and using the toilet, preparation of special diets, and supervision of medication that usually can be self-administered. Custodial care essentially is personal care that does not require the continuing attention of trained medical or paramedical personnel.

Custodial Care Facilities in Snellville, GA

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Skilled Nursing Facility

A skilled nursing facility is a facility or distinct part of an institution whose primary function is to provide medical, continuous nursing, and other health and social services to patients who are not in an acute phase of illness requiring services in a hospital, but who require primary restorative or skilled nursing services on an inpatient basis above the level of intermediate or custodial care in order to reach a degree of body functioning to permit self care in essential daily living. It meets any licensing or certification standards et forth by the jurisdiction where it is located. A skilled nursing facility may be a freestanding facility or part of a hospital that has been certified by Medicare to admit patients requiring subacute care and rehabilitation; (2) Provides non-acute medical and skilled nursing care services, therapy and social services under the supervision of a licensed registered nurse on a 24-hour basis.

Skilled Nursing Facilities in Snellville, GA

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Child Physical Disabilities Respite Care

Healing Hands is a Child Physical Disabilities Respite Care practice in Snellville, GA with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in providing families and caregivers of children with disabilities temporary relief from their duties. Child Physical Disabilities Respite Care at Healing Hands perform in-home care or center-based facilities for hours or weeks at a time. Child Physical Disabilities Respite Care is the short-term care of children with physical and mental disabilities. Significant diseases and conditions treated at Child Physical Disabilities Respite Care practices include intellectual disability, cerebral palsy, brain or spine injury, terminal illness, child abuse, and caretaker exhaustion. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Child Physical Disabilities Respite Care practices include maintaining daily routines or providing new activities, experiences, and friendships for children with disabilities.

A facility or distinct part of a facility that providers short term, residential care to children, diagnosed with complex or profound disabilities as respite for the regular caregivers.

Child Physical Disabilities Respite Care in Snellville, GA

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