Methodist Hospitals Home Health Mission

We believe that each person we care for is an individual who deserves the very best healthcare delivered with respect and dignity. Methodist Hospitals Home Care provides quality, innovative and cost-effective home care and related health services for our patients and the physicians who entrust their patient’s home care needs to our professional staff. We strive to continuously improve the quality of that care.

Home Health Care

With hospital stays becoming shorter, home health care is becoming more common. Methodist Home Care nurses offer a wide range of services while keeping the patient's own physician informed. They also provide education and instruction to family, caregivers and patients on the disease, treatment plan, medications, injections, IV infusions, dressing changes, and diet. Methodist Hospitals Home Care Services are accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations and is licensed by the Indiana State Board of Health.

The Methodist Hospitals Home Health Services Offers:

Skilled Nursing
Nurses focus on patient comfort and provide education and instruction to family, caregivers, and patients on the disease, treatment plan, dressing care, diet, and medications including IV medications.

Rehabilitation Services
Physical, occupational, nutritional and speech therapies are available upon recommendations from the interdisciplinary group.

Personal Care
Serving under a nurse’s direction, Home Health technicians assist in daily living activities such as bathing, dressing, and ambulatory assistance.

Spiritual Services
Our Spiritual Care program offers emotional and spiritual support for patients and loved ones. Bereavement counseling is available for surviving members and caregivers after the death of a patient.

Congestive Heart Failure Program

At the Northlake and Southlake campuses, Methodist has initiated an innovative Congestive Heart Failure Program.  The goals of the program are to reduce readmission rates to the hospital and to provide the best care and education to promote health independence

• Patients are visited in the home by an RN who will assess and instruct on medications, weight monitoring, diet restrictions, activity, and disease process.

• Physical and occupational therapists are available as needed.

• Home Care services are typically covered under Medicare, Medicaid and other insurance plans following hospitalization.

• Once a patient is ready for discharge from home services, an RN will contact them every two weeks by phone. The patient’s physician will then be contacted for follow-up instructions.