Allina Health Home Health — Mother & Newborn
Some mothers need extra medical care during their pregnancy. An Allina Health Home Health - Mother & Newborn nurse can come to you to provide that care.
Allina Health Home Health
Allina Health Home Health offers the support, knowledge and assistance to help keep patients independent in the comfort of home.
Health care is more than just treating your conditions. It’s helping you stay independent, comfortable and safe. For many patients, it means being able to stay at home and receive their care. That is why Allina Health offers Home Health care.
Our care team takes a patient and family-centered approach to care, respecting patient and family choices, care giving and decision making. Teaching about medicines and medical equipment in the home helps you and your family manage health care needs safely and confidently.
Experienced nurse case managers visits each patient's home. Nurses provide assessment, teaching, medication management and skilled nursing procedures while evaluating progress. The nurse case manager coordinates care with the your physician, family and other health care professionals.
Other services can include home health aide visits, social services and professional therapies such as physical, occupational and speech therapy. These services will vary depending on your needs.
Advance care planning
If something were to happen, and you weren’t able to express your wishes about your health care, what would happen? Having an advance care plan provides information to others about your wishes in such cases.
Hospice
Want to focus your last days on living well? Our hospice programs can help you and your family and friends celebrate life in those final, precious moments.
Home infusion services
Sometimes the only way to get a much-needed medication is through an IV. So why not get that medication as comfortably as possible, in your own home.
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Advance care planning helps anyone, healthy or sick, communicate their wishes for medical treatment. This planning process will clarify what your family and friends need to know if you become unable to make health care decisions for yourself.
Hospice
Hospice care is for anyone with a life-limiting illness and whose life expectancy is determined to be six months or less if the disease runs it natural course. The hospice team's focus is to enhance the quality of life wherever the person calls home.
Home infusion therapy services
Home infusion therapy is for patients who receive medication through an intravenous needle or catheter in the comfort of their home instead of the hospital. Medications are delivered direct to the patient's home and a specially-trained infusion nurse provides support and education on how to administer the medication.
Home Oxygen & Medical Equipment
If your medical condition requires the use of oxygen or other medical equipment, you can purchase or rent equipment through Allina Health Home Health Services.
Some mothers need extra medical care during their pregnancy. An Allina Health Home Health - Mother & Newborn nurse can come to you to provide that care.
Palliative care is for anyone in any stage of a chronic or advanced illness. It treats pain and other physical symptoms, as well as emotional and spiritual concerns.
Senior Health helps patients who need medical care in transitional care units and assisted living communities. We work with patients and their families to provide routine care, manage medical problems, monitor rehabilitation and plan for discharge.
For health care professionals making a referral, call the Care Navigation Help Desk at 612-262-2200 or 1-855-227-5111.
