Recover Quickly with Personalized Short-term Home Care

You can now get all the quality, affordable care you need delivered right to you, in the comfort of your own home. Our patients enjoy a healthy mix of at-home medical attention and in-home emotional healing with the support of their nearby family and friends.

Is short-term care right for you?

Short-term care is appropriate for patients whose recovery is measured in weeks rather than months. Many different medical situations can apply, such as:

• Patients going home from the hospital who still need short-term medical help
• Patients who can avoid hospital stays with supportive home care
• Patients who need their medical conditions checked often
• Patients and families who need help learning how to cope with a recently diagnosed condition
• Children and expectant and new mothers

From hospital to hearth, we have you covered

Our services may include heart and blood pressure monitoring, wound care, IV feedings, and medication administration, as well as help with speech and simple movements. We also provide care for conditions such as heart disease, arthritis and hypertension.

Whether you need nursing, rehabilitation or other health care services, we have the program, specialists and equipment to help you recover and improve your health, including:

• Nursing care
• Physical and occupational therapy
• Speech-language pathology
• Medical social services
• Care management services
• Home health aide services
• Lab technician services (by arrangement)
• Durable medical equipment and supplies (by arrangement)

Home-based, specialized services you can count on

We even provide high-tech services for more complex medical conditions. You can trust Metropolitan Jewish Home Care (MJHC) when you or a loved one needs home-based services, such as:

• Tube feeding (enteral therapy)
• Intravenous (IV) feeding
• Intravenous (IV) drugs
• Wound care
• Ventilator care
• Pain management
• And much more

Care for your child begins at home—with us

Complete physical and emotional healing for a mother and child often begins at home in familiar surroundings near family and friends. But sometimes a new mother and child need just a little bit more help at home for a healthy beginning to their shared journey.

Services for children include:

• Post-hospitalization or post-accident treatment
• Short-term treatment for a chronic illness, such as asthma, cancer or diabetes
• Physical, speech and occupational therapy
• Failure to thrive

Our services help mothers relieve the stress of difficult pregnancies and the transition to motherhood. We provide home-based care before, during and after pregnancy, including:

• Comprehensive care for cesarean section wounds
• Care for complications, such as premature contractions, diabetes or hyperemesis
• Learning to care for your well or special needs child

Whether you are recovering or preparing, you can rest peacefully with the knowledge that our specialized pediatric and maternity nursing staff can deliver the caring services you need, including:

• Infusion therapy
• Physical therapy
• Occupational therapy
• Home health aides
• Laboratory services
• Durable medical equipment

A wide range of services delivered with compassion

Different health conditions require different specialized programs and staff. That’s why we provide skilled specialists who know how to design a care plan just for your needs. That includes scheduling home visits when they are convenient for you or your family.

You can rest assured that our team is specially trained to act with professionalism and compassion and has the experience of working with patients from all ethnic backgrounds. In many cases, our specialists live in the same neighborhoods in which they work. You can even request aides who speak your language.

Call 1-800-370-8317 today to learn more about our Short-term Care at Home program.

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