HOME HEALTH CARE
What We Offer

Livingston Memorial Visiting Nurse Association offers a variety of home health services ranging from rehabilitation to infusion therapy to palliative care to hospice care. We offer services to the community including support groups and education classes. LMVNA staff includes nurses with experience in areas such as, geriatrics, orthopedics, wound care, and infusion therapy. Our therapy component is extensive and includes physical, speech, and occupational therapists. We employ licensed medical social workers to serve the extensive psychosocial needs of patients and their families. Licensed dieticians provide nutrition counseling. This level of service is unique in Ventura County but, in our opinion, necessary to properly serve our high volume of active patients.

Services Offered:

• Skilled monitoring of medical/surgical conditions
• Telehealth services
• Intravenous (IV) therapy
• Catheter care and management
• Diabetic instruction
• Ostomy and wound care
• Home safety evaluation and functional assessment
• Rehabilitative services: physical therapy, speech therapy and occupational therapy
• Medical social work
• Palliative care
• Nutrition counseling
• ET (Enterostomal Therapy) nursing

Infusion Therapy
Advances in health care technology make it possible for many IV patients to receive treatment safely and conveniently at home. Livingston Memorial Visiting Nurse Association's home infusion therapy program combines high-tech nursing skills with patient and family education to provide the most comprehensive, quality care available. Livingston Memorial Visiting Nurse Association's IV-competent registered nurses work in conjunction with each patient's personal physician.

• PICC line maintenance
• Total parenteral nutrition
• Antibiotic/anti-infective therapy
• Hydration
• Care of all central venous access devices and peripheral lines
• Pain management: subcutaneous, parenteral and portable PCA pumps
• Drug information services
• Coordination of IV supplies and pumps
• Medication administration instruction
• Durable medical equipment coordination

Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation is an essential component of comprehensive patient care. The Livingston Memorial Visiting Nurse Association rehabilitation team effectively coordinates specialized nursing and therapy services to maximize the patient's potential and independence. Close communication with the patient's personal physician, combined with skilled assessments and evaluations, ensure continuity and progress towards optimal patient outcomes. Rehabilitation services, along with the therapy department, coordinate care to assist head- and spinal-injury patients, patients with cerebral vascular accidents, and other patients requiring extensive rehabilitation for their optimal level of functioning.

• Skilled nursing
• Physician consultation
• Case management
• Preoperative teaching and exercise
• Discharge planning
• Home functional/safety assessment
• Physical therapy
• Speech therapy
• Occupational therapy
• Patient education
• Skilled caregiver instruction
• Vocational rehabilitation referrals
• Social services

Specialty Nursing
In addition to general skilled nursing care, many diagnoses and illnesses require the expertise and skills of nurse specialists. Livingston Memorial Visiting Nurse Association's comprehensive health care program offers specialized nursing services under the direction of the patient's personal physician.

Diabetes Care and Education

• Blood sugar testing and monitoring
• Skilled evaluation of blood sugar levels
• Assessment of self-management skills
• Medication administration and instruction
• Insulin injections
• Diabetes education
• Nutritional counseling
• Individualized self-management plan

Palliative Care
The Palliative Care Program's goal is to improve care for those patients with serious illnesses who do not meet or want hospice care, but need an integrated care management program.

Orthopedic Case Management
The orthopedic case management program provides teaching, in-home safety evaluation, and management of patient care from the initial preoperative visit through hospitalization and continues through home care with transition to outpatient therapy when appropriate. This program is appropriate for patients receiving an elective orthopedic surgery, including but not limited to total hip arthroplasty and total knee arthroplasty.

Flu Shot Clinics
Flu shot clinics are held countywide each fall at both retail and business sites. This program increases the availability of preventative immunization to business organizations, senior centers and the general public in Ventura County.

Education
Education is regularly scheduled by Livingston Memorial Visiting Nurse Association community outreach services and includes free diabetes classes and bereavement support groups. Livingston Memorial Visiting Nurse Association has an active Speaker's Bureau that provides professional health education to community groups and local organizations at no charge.

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