According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly 85% of older adults have at least one chronic condition, and almost 60% have at least two. When you are living with a chronic illness, navigating your healthcare journey can feel like an uphill battle. Due to the complex nature of such conditions, it's easy to feel lost and overwhelmed as you try to determine the best course of treatment for yourself.
Special Programs We Offer
The key to success is building a strong team of healthcare providers who can support and guide you every step of the way. Spectrum Home Health Agency recognizes chronic health struggles and offers focused special programs tailored to each patient’s unique medical needs.
Congestive Heart Failure
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a major health problem for many people around the world. This condition occurs when the heart is no longer able to pump blood effectively, often as a result of damage or weakness of the heart muscle.
People with CHF may experience:
- Shortness of breath
- Weakness
- Dizziness
- Swollen extremities
- Confusion
In addition to making lifestyle changes, it is important to seek treatment for this condition as soon as possible in order to minimize the damage.
With over six million individuals suffering from heart failure, it has become even more necessary to provide adequate healthcare to patients with heart failure. Our home healthcare team has the unique capabilities to meet your medical needs.
Goals of our heart failure program includes:
- Empowering you through health monitoring
- Helping you achieve your specific goals
- Improving your ability to stay active
- Reduce the need to visit the hospital
- Promote self-independence
- Reduce symptoms of heart failure
- Slow the progression of heart failure
- Improving your quality of life
COPD, or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, is a serious lung condition that makes it hard to breathe. The two most common types of COPD are bronchitis and emphysema.
COPD
COPD is most often caused by smoking, but it can also be caused by exposure to secondhand smoke, pollution, and other irritants. Symptoms of COPD include:
- Shortness of breath
- Wheezing
- Chest tightness
One of the most important things you can do for your COPD is to take an active role in your own treatment. Our COPD management program is designed to give you the tools you need to do just that.
Goals of our COPD program include:
- Slowing the progression of COPD
- Improving your ability to stay active
- Reducing your need to go to the hospital
- Preventing and treating COPD flare-ups
- Promotion of self-independence
- Making sure your home is safe
- Improving your quality of life and overall health
- Self-monitoring tools
Fall Protection
As we age, our risk of suffering a fall increases. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one in three adults over the age of 65 will fall each year. Falls can cause serious injuries, including broken bones and head injuries, and can lead to a decline in our overall health and well-being.
One way to help reduce the risk of falls is to participate in a fall protection program. Goals of our fall protection program include:
- Helping you understand your personal risk for falls
- Learning healthy self-care techniques
- Improving your quality of life
- Avoiding preventable falls
- Promoting self-independence
- Reducing the risk for hospitalization
